Mark Steven Bailey

Mark Steven Bailey, 63, died on December 10, 2020, while held at Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa. The Iowa Department of Corrections attributed his death to COVID-19 and other preexisting medical conditions. The department's count of deaths from COVID-19 among people held at the prison, reported in February 2021, included his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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