Died in prison

Patrick Bacon

36 years old · died 2020 · U.S. Penitentiary Thomson, Carroll County, Illinois

Patrick Bacon, 36, was from Washington state. He was held at USP Thomson, a federal prison in Thomson, Illinois, and died there in 2020. According to an autopsy, he died by suicide about two weeks after another man died at the same facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: autopsy.

News report

Investigation: How the newest federal prison became one of the deadliest - Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB, May 31, 2022

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