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died September 2019 · Crawford County Correctional Facility, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

A person held at the Crawford County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania died in September 2019. The death was ruled a suicide from complications of asphyxiation due to hanging. Warden Jack Greenfield said the person had not been on suicide watch and had shown no sign of intent. The Meadville Tribune also reported a March 2016 death at the same facility, ruled a suicide from asphyxiation due to hanging, and said the person had not been on suicide watch.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Warden Jack Greenfield said the person had not been on suicide watch and had shown no sign of intent.

Reported by: Warden Jack Greenfield, Crawford County Correctional Facility (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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