Timothy W. Hemphill
Timothy W. Hemphill, 35, died at the Washington State Penitentiary on June 10, 2023. A Department of Corrections Unexpected Fatality Review Committee report dated October 10 lists the cause of death as anoxic brain injury secondary to ligature strangulation and the manner as suicide, and says staff removed a ligature. Other people held at the prison questioned how it could have happened, saying the cells are designed to prevent hanging, as reported by the Prison Journalism Project.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Department of Corrections Unexpected Fatality Review Committee report lists the cause as anoxic brain injury from ligature strangulation, and other people held at the prison questioned how it could have happened because the cells are designed to prevent hanging.
Reported by: Washington State Department of Corrections Unexpected Fatality Review Committee (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.