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Died in prison

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died September 9, 2020 · Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Oklahoma

A man held at Joseph Harp Correctional Center, an Oklahoma state prison, was admitted to a hospital in the Oklahoma City area more than a week before he died on September 9, 2020. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said he had tested positive for COVID-19 before he was hospitalized. According to the source, he had signed a do-not-resuscitate directive and asked the hospital to withdraw all treatment. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections attributes the death to COVID-19, and the medical examiner's ruling is pending.

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

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