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Died in prison

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60 years old · died January 21, 2022 · Riverview Correctional Facility, St. Lawrence County, New York

A 60-year-old man held at Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, New York, died of COVID-19, according to the New York State Department of Corrections. The department's account names COVID-19 as the cause, and a second report from the prison system describes the death as COVID-19-related, while noting that a county medical examiner determines the official cause of death. Sources say he was not vaccinated and that his death was the second COVID-19 death at the prison since the pandemic began. No name, family statements or details about his life have been reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: New York State Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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