Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Joseph Speights

died August 25, 2023 · Liberty Correctional Institution, Florida

Joseph Speights died on August 25, 2023, while held at Liberty Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which held him, recorded the manner of his death as an accident. The department's record gives no cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident

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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