James Roy Prator Jr.

James Roy Prator Jr., 25, died on August 6, 2019, while held at Tyger River Correctional Institution in Enoree, Spartanburg County. He was found unresponsive in his cell that evening. The South Carolina Department of Corrections, through spokesman Dexter Lee, said the death appears to be a suicide, and officials were awaiting autopsy results to confirm the exact cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Dexter Lee, spokesman for the S.C. Department of Corrections, said the death appears to be a suicide while officials awaited autopsy results to confirm the exact cause.

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

Source

• Inmate’s death at Spartanburg Co. prison under investigation WSPA 7News, August 7, 2019