Michael Holliday

Michael Holliday, 60, died on October 15, 2020, at East Moline Correctional Center in Illinois, while in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Quad-City Times reported that he was one of four men who died of COVID-19 at the minimum-security prison that month, and that the state corrections department confirmed the deaths. The department's records list the cause as COVID-19 pneumonia and the manner as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Illinois Department of Corrections reported the death as natural, from COVID-19 pneumonia.

Reported by: Illinois Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); UCLA Law Behind Bars (reporters).

Sources (3)

• Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Death in Custody Reports (edition of 2026-07-28) Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Death in Custody Reports
• Illinois Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Four inmates have died from COVID at East Moline Correctional Center - The Quad-City Times The Quad-City Times, November 11, 2020