Gerald Jerome Jeter
Gerald Jerome Jeter, 64, died on November 23, 2020, while held at Goodman Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Corrections, through communications director Chrysti Shain, said he died from COVID-19-related complications and had chronic health conditions. According to the department, he tested positive for the virus in September, was hospitalized on September 29, and was still hospitalized with complications after testing negative on October 29. Other records list his death at Lieber Correctional Institution and give no cause of death beyond a natural death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The South Carolina Department of Corrections, through its communications director Chrysti Shain, said he died from COVID-19 related complications.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections, through Chrysti Shain, Director of Communications (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.