Steven M Abbott

Steven Abbott died on March 29, 2019, at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, where he was held in state prison custody. Records list his age as 30. South Carolina Department of Corrections records classify his death as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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

Custody: Serving a sentence, held about 6 years.

Sources (3)

• 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
• South Carolina Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Suicide rate in SC prisons hits record high as mental health problems grow Post and Courier, May 3, 2019