Died in prison
Name not reported
A man held at William S. Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply, Oklahoma, died during the COVID-19 outbreak there in fall 2020. Robert Lavern, who was housed in the same building and survived the outbreak, said the man went to sleep feeling very ill, and that staff gave him an inhaler and said they would check on him the next day. Lavern said the man was dead by the next day.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Fellow prisoner Robert Lavern says the man went to sleep feeling very ill, staff gave him an inhaler and said they would check on him the next day, but he was dead by then.
Reported by: Robert Lavern, a fellow prisoner who survived the outbreak (witnesses).