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Jason Lee Taylor

38 years old · died July 28, 2022 · Maximum Security Unit, Jefferson County, Arkansas

Jason Lee Taylor, 38, of Benton, Arkansas, died on July 28, 2022, while held at Tucker Maximum Security Prison in Jefferson County. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said staff found him unresponsive in his single cell, took him to the infirmary, and pronounced him dead there. The department presumes his death was a suicide, and the Arkansas State Police and the department are investigating it.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Arkansas Department of Corrections says he was found unresponsive in his cell and the death is presumed a suicide, with the State Police and the department investigating.

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

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