SIMPSON, Jason
Source: Elwood Call-Leader Tue 27
May 2008 p 2
Putnamville, Ind – A 26-year-old
Indianapolis man serving time at Putnamville Correctional Facility was
pronounced dead after fellow inmates found him lying unresponsive in a
bed. Jason Simpson, 26, was taken to a Greencastle
hospital after inmates told a dorm officer at the medium-security prison that
he “didn’t look quite right” and was foaming at the mouth, prison spokeswoman
Alisia Lawrence said. Medical staff arrived two minutes after they were called
and tried CPR, but Simpson was pronounced dead at 4:50 a.m. Saturday at Putnam
County Hospital. Lawrence said Simpson
was not found in his own bed, but foul play was not suspected. An autopsy will be performed today. Simpson was
scheduled to be release din 2010. He was
serving time in Putnamville for robbery, carrying a handgun without a license,
resisting law enforcement, and possession of marijuana. The western Indiana
medium-security prison averages 2,417 inmates daily.