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Juan Rosario-Lopez

29 years old · died July 27, 2021 · Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Juan Rosario-Lopez, 29, died on July 27, 2021, while held in the custody of the Philadelphia Department of Prisons at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia County. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency lists the manner of death as pending investigation. The Medical Examiner's Office had not determined the cause of death when the Inquirer reported on it, and the article connected his death to wider concerns about staffing and conditions in the city jails.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Philadelphia Department of Prisons reported the death to the state commission, which lists the manner as pending investigation; the Medical Examiner's Office had not determined the cause when the article was published.

Reported by: Philadelphia Department of Prisons (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (outside investigators); Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).

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