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Died in prison

Name not reported

California Health Care Facility, San Joaquin County, California

A person held at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton, a state prison for people with serious health needs, died at a hospital. The California corrections department said the death was caused by Legionnaires' disease, a lung infection caused by bacteria. After the death, state officials tested 16 other patients with pneumonia at the facility; one tested positive and one result was pending. Officials said they were investigating where the bacteria came from.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The corrections department said the death was from Legionnaires' disease, a bacterial infection, and is investigating its source.

Reported by: California corrections department (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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