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died October 19, 2026 · Pulaski State Prison, Pulaski County, Georgia

A woman died on October 19, 2026, while in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections at Pulaski State Prison in Pulaski County, Georgia. The department said she died of complications from tuberculosis. According to the report, she had been transferred from the McRae's Women's Diagnostic Facility to Pulaski State Prison, became acutely ill, and was taken to a hospital on October 3. The department said it is doing contact tracing, testing exposed staff and people held at the prison, and placing dorms under quarantine.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Georgia Department of Corrections says she died of complications from tuberculosis.

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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