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Matthew Bright

34 years old · died July 15, 2022 · Fountain Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

Matthew Bright was 34 years old. He was found unresponsive in the day room at Fountain Correctional Facility and died two days later, on July 15, 2022, at a hospital in Mobile. The cause of his death had not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Alabama 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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