Died in prison
Name not reported
A 61-year-old man held at SCI Phoenix, a Pennsylvania state prison in Montgomery County, died on April 25, 2020. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said he had tested positive for COVID-19 and that his cause of death was COVID-19. The department did not release his name, citing privacy concerns, and his death was not listed on its public database until the department confirmed the test results on April 29.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says the man died after testing positive for COVID-19.
Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.