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Mark Hanson

50 years old · died November 25, 2011 · Sterling Correctional Facility, Logan County, Colorado

Mark Frederick Hanson died on November 25, 2011, at the Sterling Correctional Facility in Sterling, Colorado, where he was held in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections. The Denver Post reported that he was beaten to death. Two people held at the prison were suspected in his death and placed in segregation, and the department said the two men were held in different sections of the prison. The Colorado Department of Corrections recorded his death as a homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Inmates suspected in the death were placed in segregation, and the Colorado Department of Corrections said the two men were held in different sections of the prison.

Reported by: Colorado 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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