Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons was 31 when he was stabbed to death in 2019 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Federal and state reports say the fight that led to the stabbing stemmed from a $40 debt. The state's internal investigation concluded that another person held at the prison stabbed him. The Justice Department found that this conclusion relied on a single trainee's statement and that investigators did not interview other people involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). Federal and state reports say another incarcerated person stabbed him during a fight over a $40 debt, but the Justice Department said the internal investigation relied on a single trainee's statement and did not interview other people involved, so the account is contested.
Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections internal investigation (the agency that held him); U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators).