Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Paul B. Johnson

74 years old · died September 30, 2023 · Union County Correctional Institution, Union County, Florida

Paul B. Johnson, also recorded as Paul Beasley Johnson, was 74 when he died on September 30, 2023, while in state custody at Union County Correctional Institution in Florida. The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported his death, and a news release said he had been receiving ongoing medical treatment, including at a hospital, at the time. No cause of death has been publicly stated. The Florida Department of Corrections listed the manner of death as natural, a claim recorded in its mortality data that the reports do not explain further.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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