Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Leroy Harris

died August 8, 2019 · Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Florida

Leroy Harris died on August 8, 2019, while held at Okeechobee Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide. The available record gives no further account of who he was or of the circumstances of his death, and the department's classification has not been independently examined.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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

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