Three California prison inmates died of COVID-19 in the past week

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Three inmates in California prisons died of COVID-19 in the past week, state prison officials reported, as coronavirus outbreaks continued to devastate the state’s prison population.

The latest death was that of an inmate at Avenal State Prison. He was the 79th incarcerated person in California to die from complications of the illness

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-02/79th-prison-inmate-in-california-dies-of-covid-19

 

 

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** This post was originally published on November 2, 2020 **