Name not reported
Five people held at FCC Oakdale, a federal prison in Louisiana, had died of COVID-19 as of an April 2020 report. None of the five is named in the report, and no ages or other details about them are given. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit seeking the release of high-risk prisoners at the facility, describing the outbreak there as rampant.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The ACLU's class-action lawsuit over the COVID-19 outbreak at FCC Oakdale seeks release of high-risk prisoners, but does not dispute how this person died.
Reported by: ACLU (advocates).
Lawsuit: The ACLU filed a class-action lawsuit seeking the release of high-risk prisoners at FCC Oakdale in Louisiana, after COVID-19 deaths at the federal prison.