Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Joseph Lee

died August 21, 2001 · Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Florida

Joseph Lee died on August 21, 2001, while held at Okeechobee Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections classified the manner of death as natural. The department's own record is the only source for this death, so it gives no account of his cause of death, circumstances, or who he was.

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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