Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Jordyn M. Charity

20 years old · died January 7, 2018 · Red Onion State Prison, Wise County, Virginia

Jordyn M. Charity, 20, died on January 7, 2018, while held at Red Onion State Prison in Pound, Virginia. The Virginia Department of Corrections said the death was an apparent suicide. The state medical examiner's office had not yet released an official cause or manner of death. The Charlottesville Legal Aid Justice Center said it still receives complaints from people held at the prison, and it was unclear whether Charity had been held in solitary confinement.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Virginia Department of Corrections says the death was an apparent suicide.

Reported by: Virginia Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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