Died in prison
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A man in his 70s, whose name has not been released, was held at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley and died on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at a hospital outside the prison. The state Department of Correction said he died from the novel coronavirus and was the fifth person in Massachusetts to die from it. The department named no other details about his death in its statement to The Boston Globe.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: ACLU of Massachusetts, compiling media reports (advocates).