Bernardino Garcia

Bernardino Garcia, 32, was committed to preserving his Indigenous culture, according to a profile in a Street Roots listing of people held in Oregon state prisons who died of COVID-19. He died at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem on December 30, 2020, and the listing attributes his death to COVID-19. The listing counts him among 42 Oregon state prison deaths from the disease.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Sources (2)

• 2 Oregon State Penitentiary inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 have died this week KGW, December 30, 2020
• These are the 42 Oregon state prisoners who have died from COVID-19 Street Roots, March 10, 2021