Joseph Little

Joseph Little, 39, was held at SCI Benner Township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where he had been since November 2017. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said he was found unresponsive in his cell on February 9, 2019, and that he was pronounced dead at Mount Nittany Medical Center. The Centre County Coroner's Office investigated the cause of death, and at the time of the department's release the manner of death was listed as pending. A later York Daily Record report said the death was ruled a suicide by hanging.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Centre County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).

Sources (2)

• Inmate found dead in cell at SCI Benner Twp., officials say WJAC, February 13, 2019
• Pennsylvania on pace for worst year in a generation for suicides in state prisons York Daily Record, June 27, 2019