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Died in prison

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died January 2021 · Deer Ridge Correctional Institution, Jefferson County, Oregon

A person held at Deer Ridge prison in Madras, Oregon, died in January 2021 at a local hospital, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. The department said COVID-19 was the suspected cause and that the death came in the week after January 16, 2021. The department said it does not release information that could identify people who die from the coronavirus.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Oregon Department of Corrections said the person died of suspected COVID-19 in a local hospital.

Reported by: Oregon 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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