Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Jamie McMahan

42 years old · died November 13, 2017 · United States Penitentiary-ADX, Florence

Jamie McMahan, 42, died on Monday, November 13, 2017, in his cell at the federal prison ADX Florence. Todd Chapman, public information officer for the federal complex in Florence, said the death was an apparent suicide and that the FBI had been notified. Chapman's account is that staff began life-saving measures before emergency medical services arrived, and McMahan was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m. The Canon City Daily Record reported that he was found unresponsive in his cell that morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Todd Chapman, public information officer for the federal complex in Florence, said the death appeared to be a suicide and that the FBI was notified.

Reported by: Todd Chapman, public information officer for the federal complex in Florence (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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