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Marc Alan Fischer

Gender : Male

Age : 61

Race : White

Date : 08/09/2024

Location : United States Penitentiary Atwater mailroom

City : Atwater

County : Merced

State : California

Agency : United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Cause of Death : Job-Related Illness

Event : died from exposure

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/09/2024, Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist Marc Alan Fischer of the Federal Bureau of Prisons died after becoming ill following exposure to mail saturated with an unknown substance at the United States Penitentiary Atwater, where he had served for over 23 years.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/27366-supervisory-correctional-systems-specialist-marc-alan-fischer
https://www.bop.gov/about/history/hero_fischer.jsp
https://www.bop.gov/news/20240812-message-from-the-director.jsp
https://abc30.com/post/atwater-prison-employee-dies-after-coming-contact-unknown-substance/15169956/