RALEIGH
Apr 8, 2018
Inmate Jermaine Johnson (#0812684) died Saturday at Marion Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in his cell at 8:58 p.m. Prison medical staff and local paramedics responded and worked to resuscitate the inmate but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at 10:02 p.m.
Johnson, 30, was serving a life sentence for a 2011 arrest for first degree murder in Cumberland County. He was sentenced on March 17, 2014.
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