Yasin Sellers
Yasin Sellers, 24, of East Orange, died on July 17, 2026, at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Chesterfield, New Jersey. Correctional officers found him slumped on the floor of the prison gymnasium after a disturbance that followed a religious service, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Burlington County prosecutors say another person held at the facility assaulted him. One report says staff first responded as if he had overdosed and gave him naloxone before an assault was identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). Burlington County prosecutors say another inmate assaulted Yasin Sellers in the prison gymnasium and that he collapsed from the assault; one account says staff first responded as if it were an overdose and gave naloxone before an assault was identified.
Reported by: Burlington County Prosecutor's Office (outside investigators); Patch (reporters).
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