Died in prison
Name not reported
An 81-year-old man held at the Lansing Correctional Facility, a Kansas state prison, died of COVID-19 on November 18, 2020, according to Kansas Department of Corrections spokeswoman Carol Pitts. He tested positive on November 13 and was taken to a hospital before he died. The department counted him as the 11th person to die of COVID-19 in Kansas state custody and the fifth at this facility.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Kansas Department of Corrections spokeswoman Carol Pitts attributed the death to COVID-19.
Reported by: Kansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.