Ricardo Williamson
Ricardo Williamson, 62, was a grandfather of eight and a great-grandfather of four, and his niece Nina Kemp remembered him as a wonderful man who loved to sing classics by Michael Jackson, The Temptations and The O'Jays. He had several chronic medical conditions and entered the Central Reception and Assignment Facility in Trenton, New Jersey, in January 2020 to serve a one-year sentence, and he died there in May 2020. State corrections officials declined to confirm his cause of death, citing medical privacy rules. His public defender said she did not know whether he died of COVID-19 but that he should not have died in prison, and advocates say he should have been among the first released under the governor's order for sick and elderly prisoners.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. State corrections officials declined to confirm his cause of death citing medical privacy rules, and his public defender said she did not know whether COVID-19 caused it.