Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

Avenal State Prison, Kings County, California

According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a person held at Avenal State Prison died of apparent complications from COVID-19 at a local hospital. The department said it was the second COVID-19 death at the prison. The department did not release further information about the death, and no name, age or gender has been given.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the inmate died of apparent complications from COVID-19 at a local 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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