Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

died July 2020 · San Quentin State Prison, California

A person held at San Quentin State Prison in California died at an outside hospital over the weekend of July 11, 2020, from complications of COVID-19, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department's announcement did not name the person or give their age. The death was reported together with another death that weekend, bringing the prison's COVID-19 death toll to nine.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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