Died in prison
Name not reported
A person held at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran died of COVID-19 complications during a large outbreak at the prison in late 2020. Advocates say the prison's layout and overcrowding made the virus easy to spread. Corrections officials pointed to masks, isolation space and extra screening staff as their response to the outbreak. The death was reported by KQED on December 2, 2020.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
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.