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James L. Jefferson III

23 years old · died February 3, 2016 · Ridgeland Correctional Institution, Jasper County, South Carolina

James L. Jefferson III died in custody at Ridgeland Correctional Institution on February 3, 2016, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Incarceration Transparency recorded the manner of death as suicide.

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

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