Died in prison
Jerod Pridget
Jerod Pridget, 19, died on November 28, 2012, at a hospital after being assaulted two days earlier in his cell at the Western Correctional Institution in Allegany County, Maryland, where he was held. Police reported the death and the assault.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Police reported that Pridget was assaulted in his cell at Western Correctional Institution two days before he died at a hospital, and the account does not name a cause beyond the assault.
Reported by: police.