Robert Williams
Robert Williams died on March 3, 2023, at SCI Rockview, a state prison in Centre County, Pennsylvania, while in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The department lists his death as a suicide. A department statement said the Pennsylvania State Police were investigating and that the Centre County Coroner's Office would determine the official cause of death. Because that determination was still pending in the reports available, the cause of death has not been officially established.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections listed his death as a suicide, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency lists the manner of death as suicide.
Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Sources (5)
- Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Death in Custody Reporting Act dashboard
- Georgia Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- SCI Rockview Reports Inmate Death
- ‘Very concerned.’ State prisons in Centre County rank high for inmate suicides since 2018