Name not reported
A person held at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton died in March 2019 at an outside hospital. A test after the death found Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opened an investigation into a possible outbreak at the prison. KQED reported that traces of the bacteria were also found in the water supply at the facility and two neighboring youth correctional facilities, and that a second person tested positive and was said to be in stable condition. CDCR said the source of the bacteria was still under investigation and declined to give further details about the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says the person died of Legionnaires' disease, a bacterial pneumonia, after a post-death test found Legionella.
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.