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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 16, 2021
Contact: Sarah Fineran, (515) 725-5718
                                      Sarah.Fineran@iowa.gov

Prison inmate Joshua Pierce dies

CLARINDA – Joshua Michael Pierce was pronounced dead at 3:25 a.m. this morning at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after being found unresponsive in his cell at the Clarinda Correctional Facility.  The cause of death will be determined by the State of Iowa Medical Examiner's Office.  An investigation is pending.  Pierce was 32 years old at the time of his death.  

Pierce had been serving a 40-year maximum term for the crimes of Operating Vehicle No Consent, Dominion/Control of Firearm/Offensive Weapon by Felon, Going Armed with Intent and Habitual Offender (Property and Person) from Wapello County.  His sentence began on January 22, 2018.

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