Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Joshua Hopkins

died December 7, 2021 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Joshua Hopkins died on December 7, 2021, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the mortality record, lists the manner of death as natural and gives no cause. The available record says nothing else about who he was or how his death came about, and nothing in it is disputed.

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.

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