Died in prison
Name not reported
An 86-year-old person held in the Utah Department of Corrections died at the department's infirmary in Draper on December 20, 2020, according to the department. The Utah Department of Corrections said the person had tested positive for COVID-19 and that the family had been notified. The department counted the death as the eleventh among COVID-19-positive people held in state prisons. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that prisoners and their families say the state is not doing enough to care for sick people held in custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Utah Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.