Woody Ashfield

Woody Ashfield died on February 13, 2020, while held at Sterling Correctional Facility in Sterling, Colorado, a state prison run by the Colorado Department of Corrections. The department is listed as the agency that reported his death, and it classified the death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Colorado Department of Corrections said his death is believed to be linked to COVID-19.

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

Sources (2)

• Colorado Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody
• Coronavirus outbreak revealed at private Colorado prison; second inmate death reported The Colorado Sun, May 11, 2020