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Joseph Edward Nichols

46 years old · died November 27, 2022 · Ventress Correctional Facility, Barbour County, Alabama

Joseph Edward Nichols, 46, was from Greenville, Alabama. He died on November 27, 2022, at Ventress Correctional Facility, a state prison run by the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department said he was found unresponsive in his dorm and taken to the prison infirmary, where he was pronounced dead. The state's investigation into the cause and manner of his death is pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Alabama 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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