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Died in prison

Name not reported

died December 27, 2020 · Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon

A man, estimated by the source to be in his mid-to-late 50s or early 60s, died at the Oregon State Penitentiary on December 27, 2020, while infected with COVID-19, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. The agency said he was the 21st person in Oregon prisons to die of COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Oregon Department of Corrections says he died while infected with COVID-19.

Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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