The death of the third Missouri prison inmate to die this month has sparked an investigation into the prison after the inmate was pronounced deceased at a hospital.
in the past month — those of Logan Ross on July 29 and Bronson Vestal on Aug. 11 — as well as the January death of Alan Lancaster. Four other inmates died this year from what the Missouri Department of Corrections called"natural causes." Those inmates were Nathan Emery, Wayne Johnston, Roderick Stevenson, and Lanny Sunderland.
Missouri, like much of the central U.S., has been in the midst of extreme heat in late August, but corrections department spokeswoman Karen Pojmann said heat was not believed to be a factor in any of the deaths. Most prisoner deaths listed as natural causes are typically from cancer or heart disease, Pojmann said.is a difficult task, Pojmann said — contraband has been found in baby diapers in the visiting rooms, stuffed inside sporting equipment in the recreation yards, even hidden in toys donated to a program where offenders work with rescue dogs. The dangerous street drug fentanyl is especially difficult to detect, she said.
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