Died in prison
Name not reported
A person held at Avenal State Prison in Kings County, California, died at a hospital in late October 2020 from complications of COVID-19, according to state corrections officials and Kings County health officials. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the death, announced on November 1 and 2, was the eighth from the virus at that prison and the 79th among people in its custody statewide. The state did not release the person's name. Officials did not describe any failures of care, and no one has disputed the cause of death in these reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Kings County health officials.