Overview
- Joshua Walker, 41, died on Dec. 27 at the Arizona State Prison Complex–Lewis in Buckeye, according to ADCRR.
- Corrections officials say preliminary findings indicate Walker died after an altercation with another prisoner in his cell.
- The ADCRR Office of the Inspector General is treating the case as a homicide in consultation with the medical examiner.
- Authorities have not identified the other inmate, and it remains unclear whether criminal charges will follow.
- Walker had been incarcerated at Lewis since 2021 after sentencing for second-degree murder and related offenses stemming from a 2017 case.