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Justin Reynolds

died December 2022 · South Central Correctional Center, Wayne County, Tennessee

Justin Reynolds was held at South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee, in December 2022, about two months before his planned release. He wanted a contact visit with his family, and his mother, Glenda Dailey, said he had told the warden he would take a drug test to make that visit possible. According to his mother, another incarcerated man told her that staff had been trying to keep him alive but could not. An autopsy listed the cause of death as a fentanyl overdose, and the family was told six doses of Narcan had failed. His mother says she has received little information from prison officials and is skeptical of that explanation.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed). The autopsy listed a fentanyl overdose, and his mother, Glenda Dailey, remains skeptical of that explanation and says prison officials have given her little information.

Reported by: autopsy; Glenda Dailey (family or their lawyers).

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