Michael Scanlon

Michael Scanlon, 57, died on December 26, 2020, while held at Arrowhead Correctional Center in Cañon City, Colorado, run by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The Colorado Sun reported that he had been taken to Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs on December 12 with COVID-19 symptoms and died there. The Department of Corrections declined to say whether he tested positive, though a state outbreak database indicates he did. The death is listed as natural, with COVID-19 given as the cause.

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.

Sources (2)

• Colorado Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Four more Colorado prisoners die after suspected coronavirus infections, bringing pandemic total to 24 The Colorado Sun, December 28, 2020