Name not reported
A man held at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown died on September 20, 2026, after he was found with stab wounds on a tier in his housing unit and pronounced dead at the prison. The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is investigating the death as a suspected homicide. The state corrections department said the housing unit was fully staffed at the time and that officers wore body cameras, and it has released no further details. Another report from the same week gives the date as September 21 and describes the man as not yet publicly identified, so the exact date and his name remain unconfirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Maryland State Police are investigating the death as a suspected homicide from stab wounds, and the state corrections department calls it a suspected homicide.
Reported by: Maryland State Police (outside investigators); Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the agency that held him).