Died in prison
Justin Johnson
Justin Johnson, 35, died in July 2024 while held at SCI Houtzdale, a state prison in Pennsylvania. Attorney Dylan T. Hastings, who represents the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the prison, counts his death as a suicide and as one of eight suicides at the facility over four years. The lawsuit says these deaths show a pattern the prison failed to address.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed). Dylan T. Hastings, attorney for the plaintiff, says Justin Johnson died by suicide at SCI Houtzdale in a lawsuit citing eight such deaths there over four years as a pattern the prison failed to address.
Reported by: Dylan T. Hastings, attorney for the plaintiff (family or their lawyers).