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Died in prison

Name not reported

died October 22, 2020 · California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo County, California

A person held at the California Men's Colony, a state prison in San Luis Obispo, died on October 22, 2020, at an outside hospital. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said they died of complications from COVID-19. It was the second COVID-19 death reported at the prison, after one reported on September 1. The department cited medical privacy in declining to release further details about the person.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the person died of complications from COVID-19 at an outside hospital.

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.

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