Another prisoner murdered at ASPC-Lewis.

UPDATES on Shannon palmer's murder.

Shannon Palmer's murder: prisoners at risk. (9/13/2010)

Shannon Palmer: Criminalization, victimization, and the damage done

(9/15/2010)

Sanity, mental illness, and "crime". (9/17/2010)

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From the AZ Department of Corrections Website, another murder. Our condolences to this prisoner's friends and family.

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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

1601 W. JEFFERSON PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007
(602) 542-3133

JANICE K. BREWER, GOVERNOR
CHARLES L. RYAN, DIRECTOR

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Barrett Marson
bmarson@azcorrections.gov

Bill Lamoreaux
blamorea@azcorrections.gov

September 10, 2010 Inmate Death Notification

Buckeye, Ariz. - Inmate Shannon Palmer, 40, ADC #73621, was found unresponsive in his cell at ASPC-Lewis’ Buckley Unit. Palmer was pronounced dead by the emergency medical responders just before 2 p.m. Friday from an apparent homicide.

Palmer came to ADC for the fourth time on Sept. 15, 2009, after a conviction for criminal damage from Maricopa County. He was sentenced to prison for three years.

Palmer was housed in a two-man cell with another inmate. The investigation is ongoing and being conducted by the department's Criminal Investigations Unit.