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Died in prison

Name not reported

Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

A woman held at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft, Oklahoma, died after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during a large outbreak at the prison. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said it does not know that COVID-19 caused her death and has not publicly released her name. Families and advocates rallied outside the prison on a Friday, demanding that the state act to protect the people held there.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says it does not know that COVID-19, which she was diagnosed with during an outbreak at the prison, caused her death.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.

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