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died April 20, 2022 · Riverside Regional Jail, Prince George County, Virginia

A person died by suicide at Riverside Regional Jail in Prince George County, Virginia, on April 20, 2022, according to jail records given to the state Board of Local and Regional Jails. Those records say an officer was fired for failing to make required rounds and for falsifying them in connection with the death. The death came five weeks after the state board allowed the jail to stay open under a two-year agreement, despite a committee's recommendation that it close.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Riverside Regional Jail records given to the state Board of Local and Regional Jails say an officer was fired for not making and falsifying required rounds connected to the death.

Reported by: Riverside Regional Jail documents provided to the state Board of Local and Regional Jails (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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