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Keith Raymond Press

21 years old · Ocean County Jail, Ocean County, New Jersey

Keith Raymond Press, 21, died at the Ocean County Jail in New Jersey. A People-Powered Progress petition says he died by suicide and that the jail did not follow proper procedures before, during and after his death. The petition's author calls the death part of an ongoing civil rights investigation and asks that the jail and Ocean County Judicial Services be held accountable.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The author of a People-Powered Progress petition says Keith Raymond Press died by suicide and that the Ocean County Jail did not follow proper procedures before, during and after his death, and calls for accountability in an ongoing civil rights investigation.

Reported by: author of a People-Powered Progress petition (advocates).

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