Roll of Honor
Justin Dean Joslyn
Incident
Location: Florida Incident Date: Thursday, August 19, 2021
Correctional Officer Justin Joslyn died as a result of contracting COVID-19 while serving at the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman at 846 NE 54th Street in Wildwood, Florida.
Officer Joslyn had served with the United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons for nine years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Justin Dean Joslyn died on September 11, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 31.
He is one of 884 officers honored here.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
Survivors include his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Joslyn gave the United States Department of Justice 9 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Joslyn.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Justin Dean Joslyn is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2 of 34 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Justin Dean Joslyn's cause is highlighted.
How Justin Dean Joslyn Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Justin Dean Joslyn is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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