Died in prison
Ricky Arnold
Ricky Arnold died on January 20, 2020, while in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections at Coastal State Prison in Garden City, Georgia. He was 65. Department of Corrections records, as compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars, classify his death as natural.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Georgia Department of Corrections and the Georgia Department of Public Health attribute the death to complications of COVID-19.
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Georgia Department of Public Health.
Sources (5)
- Georgia Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars
- With five inmates dead and 41 testing positive, Savannah prison a COVID-19 hotspot
- With five inmates dead and 41 testing positive, this Georgia prison a COVID-19 hotspot
- Coastal State Prison reports highest number of inmate deaths related to COVID-19
- 5 dead, 44 test positive for COVID-19 at Coastal State Prison, and now a mother is concerned for her son inside