Lavern Carlton

Lavern Carlton, 82, died of COVID-19 on September 22, 2020, while held at Snake River Correctional Institution, a state prison in Oregon. Street Roots, in a report published March 10, 2021, counted Carlton among the 42 Oregon state prisoners who died of the disease. The listing attributes the cause of death to COVID-19 and gives no further account of Carlton's health or the circumstances of the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

Source

• These are the 42 Oregon state prisoners who have died from COVID-19 Street Roots, March 10, 2021