Name not reported
One of six people held at the California Institution for Men in Chino who died of COVID-19 complications, according to attorneys with the Prison Law Office, who made the claim in court papers. 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. Prison officials and a court-appointed receiver rejected a request to move high-risk people to other housing, according to the article.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Attorneys for the Prison Law Office say this man died of COVID-19 complications after being housed in a dormitory, and that prison officials and a court-appointed receiver rejected a request to move high-risk people to other housing.
Reported by: attorneys for the Prison Law Office, in court papers (family or their lawyers).