Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

died May 2020 · California Institution for Men, San Bernardino County, California

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said this person was one of three people held at the California Institution for Men in Chino who died over two days in the week of May 4, 2020, at San Bernardino County hospitals. The department did not name them and cited medical privacy in declining to give more information. The deaths came during a COVID-19 outbreak at the prison, where confirmed infections had more than doubled to 332.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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

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