Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Joel Chapman

died August 2, 2019 · Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex, Florida

Joel Chapman died on August 2, 2019, while held at Wakulla Annex, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified the manner of his death as suicide. Beyond that official classification, the available record says nothing about who he was, how his death occurred, or the monitoring and care he received in the days before it.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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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