Name not reported

The Iowa Department of Corrections count reported by Iowa Capital Dispatch in February 2021 lists one person who died of COVID-19 while held at Anamosa State Penitentiary. The same count lists a COVID-19 death while held at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center and another at the Iowa State Penitentiary. Each of the three is recorded as a COVID-19 death in state custody, according to the department.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections counts these deaths as COVID-19 deaths at Iowa prisons.

Reported by: Iowa Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

Source

• Active infections in Iowa prisons drop to 143, with 18 deaths of inmates and staff Iowa Capital Dispatch, February 1, 2021