Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

died October 28, 2020 · Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, California

A man held at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in California died of COVID-19 on October 28, 2020, in an outside hospital, according to state prison officials. He was one of three people in California prisons who died of the illness that week.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. State prison officials said he died of COVID-19 at an outside hospital.

Reported by: California state prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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