Inmate charged with murder in death of fellow prisoner at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility

A 23-year-old inmate was charged with murder in the death of a fellow prisoner at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Chesterfield, Burlington County prosecutors said.

Trevor Banton, of East Orange, was charged July 21 with murder in the death of 24-year-old Yasin Sellers.

The investigation began July 17 after a disturbance in the prison gymnasium following a religious service attended by multiple inmates, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Correctional officers found Sellers unresponsive on the floor. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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