Name not reported

The Bureau of Prisons said one person held at Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, died on June 2, 2020. The agency reported 15 deaths at the facility, and no name or cause of death was given. The death came amid COVID-19 infections and deaths in federal prisons. A lawsuit says the Butner facility is too crowded for people held there to keep safe distances from one another.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Source

• A cloistered culture in the nation’s federal prisons leads to infections and deaths Florida Phoenix, June 3, 2020