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Jason Pritchard

51 years old · died March 28, 2019 · Anchorage Correctional Complex, Anchorage, Alaska

Jason Pritchard, 51, died on March 28, 2019, at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, where he had been transferred from Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward on March 2 to receive medical care. The Alaska Department of Corrections said he was found unresponsive in his cell during breakfast service and was pronounced dead at 7:37 a.m. Corrections officials said no foul play is suspected and that the cause of death is still under investigation. Officials described him as generally well behaved during his time in custody, with only a few disciplinary infractions.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Alaska Department of Corrections (Sarah Gallagher, spokeswoman) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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