Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Joseph Magaletti

died February 16, 2015 · South Florida Reception Center, South Unit, Florida

Joseph Magaletti, Jr. died on February 16, 2015, while held at the South Florida Reception Center South Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. No cause of death is given in the records, and no source disputes that classification. A 2021 news report links his name to a police announcement about a 1985 case, but it does not describe how or where he died.

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.

News reports (2)