Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Ian Thorne

48 years old · died April 2018 · United States Penitentiary Hazelton, Preston County, West Virginia

Ian Thorne, 48, died in April 2018 at USP Hazelton, a federal prison in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, after a fight, according to The Associated Press. A memo from the DC Corrections Information Council describes his death as a stabbing. The memo also refers to frequent stabbings and beatings at the prison.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Associated Press reports he was killed by another inmate in a stabbing after a fight, and a DC Corrections Information Council memo describes the death as a stabbing.

Reported by: The Associated Press (reporters); DC Corrections Information Council.

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