Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

died June 11, 2020 · Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, Riverside County, California

A man held at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Riverside County died on June 11, 2020, at a hospital outside the prison. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said, through spokesperson Dana Simas, that he appears to have died of complications related to COVID-19, though the cause of death has not been finalized. His death was the first of a person held at that prison and the 15th COVID-19 death among people in California prisons.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the man appears to have died of complications related to COVID-19, though the cause has not been finalized.

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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