Died in prison
Name not reported
A 60-year-old Black man held at the Ellsworth Correctional Facility in Kansas died on October 19, 2020, from COVID-19, according to the account of his death. He tested positive for the virus in late September and was moved to the Lansing Correctional Facility's COVID-19 management unit, then taken to a hospital three days later. His family asked that his name not be released, and the article says underlying medical conditions contributed to his illness. He was the sixth person from Ellsworth to die in a COVID-19-related death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: Kansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.