Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

62 years old · died December 23, 2020 · Bent County Correctional Facility, Bent County, Colorado

A 62-year-old person held at the Bent County Correctional Facility in Colorado died on December 23, 2020, at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, where they had been taken on December 6 with COVID-19 symptoms. The Colorado Department of Corrections declined to say whether they tested positive, while a state outbreak database indicates they did. The death is listed as due to COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

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

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