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Died in prison

Ronald S. Rhodes

35 years old · died September 9, 2022 · Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina

Ronald S. Rhodes, 35, died on September 9, 2022, about an hour after other people held at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, attacked him with a weapon in the recreation yard. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety reported the attack and said it was a homicide. The prison was placed on lockdown while police investigated the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said other inmates assaulted Rhodes with a weapon in the Central Prison recreation yard and that he died about an hour later.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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