Died in prison

Jimmy Lee Wilson

25 years old · died 2009 · United States Penitentiary Hazelton, West Virginia

Jimmy Lee Wilson, 25, was killed in 2009 at USP Hazelton, a federal prison in West Virginia, during a fight that involved at least five other people held there. A 2018 Daily Mail report says the fight was reportedly racially motivated. The prison was placed on lockdown for more than a month afterward.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Wilson was killed in a fight involving at least five other prisoners at USP Hazelton, which reportedly was racially motivated.

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Inside West Virginia prison where Whitey Bulger was killed Daily Mail, October 30, 2018

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