Died in prison
John MacKenzie
John MacKenzie was 70 years old and was held at Fishkill Correctional Facility in New York. He earned arts and business degrees, started a victim impact program, and mentored hundreds of other incarcerated people, and his daughter Danielle described him as someone who had spent decades working to change. The death was reported as a suicide. His daughter says hopelessness killed him after ten parole denials.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. His daughter Danielle says he died by suicide, which she attributes to hopelessness.
Reported by: his daughter Danielle (family or their lawyers).