Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

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43 years old · died 1999 · Union County Jail, Union County, Mississippi

A 43-year-old man died by suicide in the Union County jail in Mississippi in 1999 while he was waiting to be transferred to Mississippi State Hospital for psychiatric treatment. The sheriff said at the time that the jail was not equipped to house people with mental illness.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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