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Died in prison

Name not reported

Washington County, Maryland

A man in his 60s died while held at a state prison in Hagerstown, Maryland, and the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said he died of COVID-19. The department announced his death on the same day a union publicized the deaths of two staff members. The department said at least 20 people held in its facilities had died of the disease.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says the man died of COVID-19.

Reported by: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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