Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

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71 years old · died November 10, 2020 · Sterling Correctional Facility, Logan County, Colorado

A 71-year-old man held at Sterling Correctional Facility in Logan County, Colorado, died on November 10, 2020, at a hospital in Greeley after contracting COVID-19, according to The Denver Post. The paper reported he was the fifth person in Colorado's prisons to die of the virus and the fourth from Sterling. His death came days before the state agreed to a consent decree with the ACLU of Colorado on COVID-19 protections.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A news report attributes the death to COVID-19 at Sterling Correctional Facility, with no account of the cause beyond the diagnosis.

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