California corrections authorities revealed the very first jail prisoner deaths from issues related to the novel coronavirus.
A prisoner died Sunday at a hospital after contracting COVID-19 at the California Institution for Guys in San Bernardino County, the state Department of Corrections and Rehab stated in a declaration.
No further information were released to protect the inmate’s medical privacy and next of kin was informed, the declaration stated.
In addition, a prisoner from the U.S. Penitentiary at Lompoc died Saturday of coronavirus-related complications. He was the 22 nd federal prisoner to pass away a COVID-19- associated death and first at Lompoc, where an outbreak has actually contaminated 54 prisoners. Another prisoner who was released April 1 passed away 5 days later after evaluating favorable for the infection.
Statewide, 115 prisoners and 89 corrections employees have checked positive for the coronavirus as authorities work to avoid break outs amongst California’s other susceptible populations, including individuals living in nursing homes, on the streets or in homeless shelters. Some 3,500 inmates got early release to reduce overcrowding.
