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Joseph Fountain

23 years old · died June 19, 2015 · Pinckneyville Correctional Center, Perry County, Illinois

Joseph Fountain died in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections at Pinckneyville Correctional Center on June 19, 2015, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Illinois Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: Illinois 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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