Died in prison
Sylvester Hartley
Sylvester Hartley was 60 years old and held at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was hospitalized twice that summer and tested positive for the virus when he was admitted. He died in the hospital on August 21, 2020. The Alabama Department of Corrections reported his death as related to COVID-19.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alabama Department of Corrections reported the death as COVID-19-related.
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.