Died in prison
Joseph Olson
Joseph Olson, 56, died on January 6, 2017, while held at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. South Dakota corrections officials said he died of an extended illness. They said he had been moved to the prison's Jameson Annex, where inmate medical services are housed, in the last days of his life.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. South Dakota corrections officials said Joseph Olson died after an extended illness.
Reported by: South Dakota corrections officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.