Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry

11/14/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/14/2024 10:48

Inmate Death Notification – Joseph Desisto

TUCSON (November 5, 2024) - Inmate Joseph Desisto, 81, ADCRR #353179, died on November 5, 2024 at Banner-University Medical Center South.

Inmate Desisto was admitted to ADCRR custody in 2022 after being sentenced out of Pima County for Sexual Abuse, Molestation of a Child, Sexual Conduct with a Minor and Furnishing Obscene Material to a Minor.

Their assigned housing location was ASPC-Tucson.

All inmate deaths are investigated in consultation with the county medical examiner's office.

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