James Jarzenski, Jr.
James Jarzenski, 43, died on October 7, 2023, while held in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at SCI Fayette, a state prison in LaBelle, Fayette County. The department said he was found unresponsive in his cell, and Brownsville EMS pronounced him dead. State records list the manner of death as suicide, but the Fayette County Coroner's Office was to determine the official cause, and Pennsylvania State Police opened an investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is recorded as listing the death as a suicide, while state police investigate and the Fayette County coroner has not yet determined the cause.
Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; UCLA Law Behind Bars.
Sources (5)
- Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Death in Custody Reporting Act dashboard
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- Pennsylvania state police investigating inmate death at SCI Fayette
- SCI Fayette Reports Inmate Death
- SCI Fayette reports inmate death - Observer-Reporter