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Michael Wisdom

45 years old · died October 17, 2021 · Downstate Correctional Facility, Dutchess County, New York

Michael Wisdom died on October 17, 2021 at Downstate Correctional Facility, in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Michael Wisdom was 45 years old. The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation, which reviews deaths in which an officer may have played a part, was notified of the death and lists it as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. New York State Office of the Attorney General, Office of Special Investigation recorded the manner of death as suicide.

Reported by: New York State Office of the Attorney General, Office of Special Investigation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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