Name not reported
A woman in her early 40s died on December 21, 2020, at Anson Correctional Institution in North Carolina, according to the Department of Public Safety, which attributed her death to COVID-19. The department said she had underlying health conditions and had been hospitalized after testing positive in late November. Prison Commissioner Todd Ishee called her death tragic, and the department said it will not release further identifying information to protect her family's privacy.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Prison officials say she died of COVID-19, and they withheld her name to protect her family's privacy.
Reported by: Department of Public Safety / Commissioner of Prisons Todd Ishee (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.