Jonathan William Strain

Jonathan William Strain, a 59-year-old man, died on November 16, 2020, while held at Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Corrections has said he died of COVID-19 and other preexisting medical conditions, a claim recorded in UCLA Law Behind Bars' data on deaths in custody. A January 2021 report from Iowa Capital Dispatch counted an unnamed death from COVID-19 at the same prison in the department's tally.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections attributed his death to COVID-19 and other preexisting medical conditions.

Reported by: Iowa 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)

• Iowa Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Active infections in Iowa prisons drop to 143, with 18 deaths of inmates and staff Iowa Capital Dispatch, February 1, 2021