Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

77 years old · Goose Creek Correctional Center, Point Mackenzie, Alaska

A 77-year-old person held at Goose Creek prison in Point Mackenzie, Alaska, died of COVID-19 at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. The Alaska Department of Corrections, which announced the death, said the cause was COVID-19. The department has not released the person's name, so little is known about them beyond their age and where they were held.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Alaska Department of Corrections says the person died of COVID-19 at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center.

Reported by: Alaska 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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