Died in prison
Sidney Porterfield
Sidney Porterfield, 71, died on December 1, 2021, while held at the Lois DeBerry Special Needs Facility, a Tennessee Department of Correction prison that houses people with serious illnesses. The department said he died of natural causes. The account is drawn from a single news report published the following day by Local 3 News.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Tennessee Department of Correction said he died of natural causes.
Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.