One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A man held at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, died on August 16, 2009, after a fight involving as many as 100 people in the prison's recreation yard. A second man also died after the fight, and officials did not release either man's name. Federal prison officials said the fight may have been racially motivated, possibly timed to Hitler's birthday, and suspected that people with white supremacist ties had instigated it. Officials have not said how either man died, and the Bureau of Prisons and the FBI are investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Authorities said a fight involving as many as 100 inmates in the recreation yard of the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence may have been racially motivated and instigated by suspected white supremacist inmates.
Reported by: Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him); FBI (outside investigators).