Died in prison
Joseph Hunter
Joseph Hunter, 78, died on October 21, 2023, while in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Corrections at Perry Correctional Institution in Pelzer, according to records compiled by the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project. The database lists the manner of death as natural, a classification it attributes to the Department of Corrections.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The South Carolina Department of Corrections classified the death as natural.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.