George Jeffers
George Jeffers, a Black man aged 62, died on October 11, 2020, while held at East Moline Correctional Center in Illinois, which was run by the Illinois Department of Corrections. The department listed his death as natural, and a UCLA Law Behind Bars record gives COVID-19 pneumonia as the cause. The Quad-City Times counted him among four men who died of COVID-19 at the prison that month, and reported that the department confirmed the deaths. The correctional officers' union said the men died at area hospitals.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Illinois Department of Corrections reported the death as natural causes from COVID-19 pneumonia.
Reported by: Illinois Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.