Reico Lamont Welch

Reico Lamont Welch, a 40-year-old Black man, died at McCormick Correctional Institution in McCormick County, South Carolina, on November 19, 2016. The South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services investigated his death as a homicide, according to the Post and Courier, and the facility was placed on lockdown. Incarceration Transparency's records list the cause of death as a stabbing.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Incarceration Transparency's records list the death as a homicide by stabbing, and S.C. Department of Corrections Police Services is investigating it as a homicide.

Reported by: Incarceration Transparency; S.C. Department of Corrections Police Services (the agency that held him).

Sources (2)

• Incarceration Transparency, South Carolina Deaths Behind Bars (Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk and Incarceration Transparency) Incarceration Transparency, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, deaths behind bars
• Inmate killed at McCormick Correctional Institution, officials investigating Post and Courier, November 19, 2016