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Died in prison

Name not reported

died May 6, 2020 · Roxbury Correctional Institution, Washington County, Maryland

A man in his 60s with underlying medical conditions died on May 6, 2020, at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Maryland, after being hospitalized in late April. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said his death was from complications related to COVID-19. The state has not released his name. A prisoners' rights advocate who knew him said she had checked on his condition daily and had worried about it for weeks.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services attributes the death to complications related to 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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