Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Jose Velez

died October 25, 2023 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Jose Velez died on October 25, 2023, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official mortality record, classified the death as natural. The record gives no further detail on his cause of death or circumstances, and no family or other accounts of him are available in these sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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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