Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Jemal Simmons

died June 26, 2018 · South Florida Reception Center, South Unit, Florida

Jemal Simmons died on June 26, 2018, while held at the South Florida Reception Center South Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified the manner of his death as an accident. No cause of death or account of how it happened is given in the record, and it is not known what he was like or who he was to others.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident

Reported by: Florida 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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