Name not reported
This person was one of six people who died of COVID-19 complications while held at the California Institution for Men in Chino, according to attorneys for incarcerated people, who made the claim in a court filing. The attorneys said the group had serious medical conditions or risk factors such as age that made them especially vulnerable, and that most or all of them lived in dormitories when they became ill. They also said 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 this man died of COVID-19 complications and that officials 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).