SCI Fayette Inmate Death Under Investigation

Tina Walker, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Fayette says an inmate, 42-year-old Fredderick Hall Junior, who was found unresponsive in his cell on Tuesday, November 18th, has died.   She say prison staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until facility medical personnel arrived. Brownsville EMS arrived and advanced life support measures were continued as he was transferred to UPMC Presbyterian. Inmate Hall was pronounced dead on November 22nd.  Hall was serving a 5-to-11-year sentence for Possession of a Firearm Prohibited from Dauphin County. He had been at SCI Fayette since September 11, 2025.  In accordance with state policy, the Pennsylvania State Police were notified and will conduct an investigation. The official cause of death will be determined by the Fayette County Coroner’s Office.