Warren Lee Wright
Warren Lee Wright, 73, was held at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan, when he died on April 7, 2020, at a hospital. The Michigan Department of Corrections said he had COVID-19 and had not been tested because he never told healthcare staff he was sick. Officials said he was found unresponsive in his cell before he was taken to the hospital. State officials said he died of complications from COVID-19, and he was the second state prisoner in Michigan to die of the virus.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). State officials said he died of complications from COVID-19, and the Michigan Department of Corrections said he was not tested because he never told healthcare staff he was sick.
Reported by: Michigan Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); state officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
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- Second Michigan prison inmate dies from COVID-19 in Coldwater
- Michigan inmate found unresponsive in cell tests positive for COVID-19
- Inmate death at Lakeland Correctional increases urgency of fears over COVID-19 spread
- Second state prison inmate dies of COVID-19
- 3 more Michigan prisoners die of coronavirus; 338 have tested positive
- 12th Inmate Dies of COVID-19 at Michigan Prison - VOA