Name not reported
A person held at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections was pronounced dead on the morning of May 3, 2020, after treatment for COVID-19 symptoms. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said the death was caused by complications from COVID-19 and that the person had pre-existing conditions that made them susceptible to the virus. Reports name either Jefferson Regional Medical Center or the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as the hospital where they died. They were on a ventilator at the time of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said the person died of complications from COVID-19 and had pre-existing conditions susceptible to the virus.
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.