Died in prison
Name not reported
A man in his 70s, whose name has not been released, was held at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley and died on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at a hospital outside the prison. The state Department of Correction said he died from the novel coronavirus and was the fifth person in Massachusetts to die from it. The department named no other details about his death in its statement to The Boston Globe.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Massachusetts Department of Correction said he died of the novel coronavirus, with no further details released.
Reported by: Massachusetts Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.