Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

Delaware

A man held at the state men's prison near Smyrna, Delaware, died during the COVID-19 outbreak there in the early months of the pandemic, one of seven men who died in that outbreak. His death was attributed to COVID-19. The state said that by late May all of its prisons were free of COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: state corrections department. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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