Ronald Stanley

Ronald Stanley died on December 24, 2020, while held at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility in Ordway, Colorado, which is run by the Colorado Department of Corrections. He was treated first at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo and died at Kindred Hospital Aurora. The department listed his death as natural, caused by COVID-19. The Colorado Sun reported that the department declined to say whether he tested positive, though state outbreak data indicate that he did.

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