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Henry Sanchez

62 years old · died December 23, 2020 · Bent County Correctional Facility, Bent County, Colorado

Henry Sanchez, 62, was held at the Bent County Correctional Facility in Colorado, operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections. He was taken to UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs on December 6, 2020, with COVID-19 symptoms, and died there on December 23, 2020. The Department of Corrections declined to say whether he tested positive, though a state outbreak database indicates that he did. The UCLA Law Behind Bars records list COVID as the cause of death and the Department of Corrections as the reporting agency.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

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