Died in prison
Name not reported
A man held at Pender Correctional Institution in North Carolina died of COVID-19, according to a Carolina Public Press report published May 18, 2020. He was the first death from the disease reported among the state's prison population in that article. At the time, only three people at the prison had been tested for the virus.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.