Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Jeremy Reshad Bailey

29 years old · died June 15, 2019 · Fountain Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

Jeremy Reshad Bailey, 29, was stabbed in a housing area at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, on Saturday, June 15, 2019, and died at a hospital, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Corrections officials said another prisoner was the suspect and now faces a murder charge. Reports on the stabbing differ slightly on the time, placing it around 5:15 p.m. in one account, and one outlet described the stabbing as occurring in the afternoon.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Alabama Department of Corrections says another inmate stabbed him in a housing area and that the suspect faces a murder charge.

Reported by: Alabama 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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