Name not reported
According to the N.C. Department of Public Safety, a man in his late 50s with underlying health conditions died at a hospital on May 11, 2021, after being held at Pender Correctional Institution. The department said he showed symptoms of COVID-19 on April 8, was isolated, and tested positive on April 10 before being hospitalized. It attributed his death to COVID-19-related complications and described it as the first such death in the state prison system. The department did not name the hospital.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The N.C. Department of Public Safety said he died of COVID-19-related complications after being hospitalized.
Reported by: N.C. Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.