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Reginald Ginn

31 years old · died March 13, 2024 · Macon State Prison, Macon County, Georgia

Reginald Ginn, 31, died on March 13, 2024, at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he was in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. The Department said he died after an altercation with his roommate. According to an incident report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, another person beat him to death with a fan motor tied to a belt, and most of the report's pages were blacked out. The Department's Office of Professional Standards is investigating, and the body was sent to the GBI Medical Examiner's Office to determine the official cause and manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections' incident report says another inmate beat him to death with a fan motor tied to a belt, and the AJC reported the report, though most of its pages were blacked out.

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections incident report (the agency that held him); AJC reporting (reporters).

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