William Lamprecht
William Lamprecht, 62, was a native of Wingdale, New York, who had been attending regular 12-step meetings as part of a recovery program. He was held in Connecticut Department of Correction custody from September 2021 and moved among several facilities, including the COVID-19 medical isolation unit at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, before being taken to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he died on November 23, 2021, with COVID-19 listed as the cause. The article reports that it is unclear how or where he contracted the virus. He had cancer and was immunocompromised, and advocates said his death reflected systemic failures, while the Department of Correction declined to discuss his health information.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The article reports COVID-19 as the cause, and advocates said his death reflected systemic failures while the DOC declined to discuss his health information.
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