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Died in prison

Name not reported

Airway Heights Corrections Center, Spokane County, Washington

The Washington State Department of Corrections said a person held at the Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane County died of COVID-19. The department said the death happened at a local healthcare facility. The department reported it as the second COVID-19 death at the prison, after an earlier one it reported in December.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Washington State Department of Corrections said the person died of COVID-19 at a local healthcare facility.

Reported by: Washington State 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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