Name not reported
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported that a person held at Folsom State Prison died of COVID-19, the first death from the virus at the prison, according to data it updated, as reported by the Sacramento Bee on September 28, 2020. The department's data did not name the person or give the date of death. By then the prison had recorded a large outbreak, with about half of its incarcerated population having contracted the virus.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's data attributes the death to COVID-19.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.