Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Travis Antwan Lee

28 years old · died November 18, 2020 · Lee Correctional Institution, Lee County, South Carolina

Travis Antwan Lee, 28, died at a local hospital after he was assaulted in his dorm at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina on November 18, 2020. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said in a news release that several people held at the prison attacked him in a living unit on a Wednesday afternoon. SCDC Police Services and the State Law Enforcement Division are investigating the death, and the manner of death has not yet been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The South Carolina Department of Corrections says several inmates assaulted him in his dorm at Lee Correctional Institution, and SCDC Police Services and the State Law Enforcement Division are investigating.

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.

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