Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

California Institution for Men, San Bernardino County, California

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 with the Prison Law Office, who said so 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. The attorneys 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 prison officials and a court-appointed receiver rejected requests to move high-risk people out of dormitories before they fell ill with COVID-19.

Reported by: Prison Law Office attorneys, in court papers (family or their lawyers).

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