Emil Encarnacion
Emil Encarnacion, 29, was a student in Emerson College's Prison Initiative higher education program, according to incarcerated men who spoke to MassLive. He was held at MCI-Norfolk, where the Massachusetts Department of Correction says he was found injured in his cell in the behavioral assessment unit on the night of October 5, 2026, after officers responded to an incident of self-harm. He died the next day at a local hospital. The Department of Correction says the death appears to be a suicide, pending an official ruling by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and state police detectives are investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Department of Correction says the death appears to be a suicide, pending an official ruling by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Reported by: Massachusetts Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.