Name not reported
This person was one of six people held at the California Institution for Men in Chino who died of COVID-19 complications, according to attorneys for the Prison Law Office in a court filing. The attorneys said the group had serious medical conditions or factors such as age that made them especially vulnerable, and that most or all of them lived in dormitories when they became ill. According to the filing, prison officials and a court-appointed receiver rejected a request to move high-risk people to other housing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Attorneys for the Prison Law Office say the man died of COVID-19 complications after prison officials and a court-appointed receiver rejected a request to move high-risk people out of dormitory housing.
Reported by: attorneys for the Prison Law Office, in court papers (family or their lawyers).