James Lamont Farrow

James Farrow was 46 when he died on June 2, 2019, at Tyger River Correctional Institution in Enoree, South Carolina, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency. WIS News 10 reported that he was found unresponsive in a bathroom at the prison and pronounced dead on the scene. Officials with the South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services and SLED said they believed drug use was connected to his death. Autopsies were being performed to determine the cause, and the manner of death was listed as pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). SCDC Police Services and SLED say drug use is believed to be connected to his death and autopsies are pending, while Incarceration Transparency lists the death as natural.

Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) Police Services (the agency that held him); SLED (outside investigators); Incarceration Transparency (advocates).

Sources (2)

• Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
• Two SC inmates found dead after drug use, officials say WIS News 10, June 3, 2019