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Mackenzie Catalano

24 years old · died April 7, 2022 · Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, Goodyear, Arizona

Mackenzie Catalano, 24, died on April 7, 2022, while held at Perryville prison in Goodyear, Arizona. The Arizona Department of Corrections, through spokesperson Judy Keane, said she died by suicide by hanging. Prison staff found her unresponsive in her housing location and tried life-saving measures before paramedics took her to Abrazo West Campus, where she was pronounced dead that evening. The department's account of how she was monitored in the hours before her death has not been separately reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Arizona Department of Corrections, through spokesperson Judy Keane, says she died by suicide by hanging.

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

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