Died in prison

Karla Jernigan

44 years old · died August 29, 2008 · Topeka Correctional Facility, Shawnee County, Kansas

Karla Jernigan died in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections at Topeka Correctional Facility on August 29, 2008, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Kansas Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Kansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

Source

Kansas Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody

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