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Died in prison

Name not reported

Deerfield Correctional Center, Virginia

A person died of COVID-19 at Deerfield Correctional Center, a Virginia state prison, according to officials in Virginia. The death was one of ten reported at the facility, which officials said holds many elderly and medically impaired people. The article says many people at Deerfield sleep in dormitories, which makes social distancing difficult or impossible.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. State officials in Virginia attributed the death to COVID-19.

Reported by: Officials in Virginia (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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