Joshua Autry
Joshua Autry, 33, died on May 20, 2018, in his single-person cell at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys, where he was held in state prison custody. Medical staff at the unit found no signs of life and pronounced him dead in the infirmary at 4:22 a.m., and Arkansas State Police and the Department of Correction opened investigations. The Department of Correction's initial claim was that his death was accidental, caused by synthetic cannabinoid toxicity. His mother, Shelia Autry, said she wants answers about how drugs got into the prison, and she spoke of him as her son and of the loss of her boy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. One account attributes his death to accidental synthetic cannabinoid toxicity, and his mother says she wants answers about how drugs got into the prison.
Reported by: unnamed source in the accounts.