Joshua Svwin Jenkins
Joshua Svwin Jenkins, 33, was one of seven men killed during fights that lasted more than seven hours at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, on April 15, 2018. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said the fights were altercations between people held in three housing units and that no staff were injured. The Lee County coroner, Larry Logan, said most of the dead had been stabbed or slashed and the rest appeared to have been beaten, and he ruled Joshua's death a homicide from blood loss caused by multiple stab and incised wounds. The Department of Corrections and the State Law Enforcement Division are investigating who committed the killings, and officials attributed the violence to gang rivalry and contraband cell phones.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The state Department of Corrections and Lee County Coroner Larry Logan attributed the death to inmate-on-inmate violence during a prison riot, with the coroner ruling it a homicide from stab and incised wounds.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Lee County Coroner Larry Logan (medical examiner or coroner); State Law Enforcement Division (outside investigators).
News reports (14)
- Lee Correctional prison riot: Seven inmates killed in incident identified in 'mass casualty incident'
- 7 inmates killed, 17 hospitalized after overnight incident at Lee Correctional Institution
- 7 Dead, At Least 17 Wounded In Hours-Long Fights At S.C. Prison
- Vicious prison brawl leaves 7 South Carolina inmates dead
- Deadly S.C. prison brawl spanned 7 hours, 4 inmates killed had Lowcountry ties
- 7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison fighting
- 7 inmates dead, 17 hurt in South Carolina prison fight
- Before deadly riot, South Carolina bused in violent inmates from other prisons
- Inmate: Bodies stacked in 'macabre woodpile' in prison riot
- Attackers were "laughing" at dying man during prison riot, inmate says
- Coroner: 7 inmates killed at Lee County prison died from blood loss after stabbings
- How flaws in the SC prison system led to 7 deaths in a single night
- 29 indicted in prison riot that killed 7 inmates at Lee Correctional in 2018
- 29 Indicted In Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot