Died in prison

James Rutledge Jr.

58 years old · died July 19, 2023 · Broad River Correctional Institution, Richland County, South Carolina

James Rutledge died in custody at Broad River Correctional Institution on July 19, 2023, according to records compiled by Incarceration Transparency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. South Carolina Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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

Custody: Serving a sentence, held about 29 years.

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
South Carolina Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody

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