Deaths in Custody
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Harold Wallace

24 years old · died January 11, 2022 · Fountain Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

Harold Wallace, 24, died on January 11, 2022, while held at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama. The Alabama Department of Corrections said he died of injuries from an apparent assault with a weapon by another person held at the prison, and its Law Enforcement Services Division opened an investigation. The other person involved has not been publicly named, and the department said more details would be released when the investigation concludes. Sources describe the cause as apparent and do not yet establish the circumstances of the attack.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Alabama Department of Corrections says Harold Wallace died of injuries from an apparent assault by another prisoner with a weapon, and its investigation is ongoing.

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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