Name not reported
The person who died is not named in the source, and nothing is said about who they were. They died while held at Elkton Federal Correctional Institution, a low-security federal prison in Ohio, during a COVID-19 outbreak there, one of at least three deaths at the prison by April 12, 2020. The ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice and Policy Center cited these deaths in a habeas petition seeking the release of medically vulnerable prisoners.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice and Policy Center cite COVID-19 as the cause of deaths at Elkton prison during the outbreak, and they do not allege neglect in these accounts.
Reported by: ACLU of Ohio and Ohio Justice and Policy Center (family or their lawyers).