Name not reported
A person held at the Queensboro Correctional Facility in Long Island City, Queens, died of COVID-19, according to New York State Department of Corrections data released in April 2020. The state had earlier refused to publish facility-level coronavirus figures, and advocates said the reported count was implausibly low. The department confirmed six positive cases at the prison, including this death, and said it had moved five other people to Sing Sing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. New York State Department of Corrections data reported the death was from COVID-19, and advocates said the reported count was implausibly low.
Reported by: New York State Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.