Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

Delaware

A man died of COVID-19 while held at a state men's prison near Smyrna, Delaware, during an outbreak there in the early months of the pandemic. WHYY reported that he was one of seven men who died in that outbreak. The state said by late May that 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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