An inmate of the Snake River Correctional Institution in Southern Oregon Expired after having tested positive for COVID-19.
The man was between 60 and 70 years old.
The medical examiner will determine the man's official cause of death, according to the DOC.
No additional details, including the guy's name or when he tested positive, were released.
In a release Friday reporting the inmate's death, the DOC summarized COVID-19-related safety measures in place at Oregon prisons, including the constant cleaning and disinfecting of the associations, health screening processes until staff can enter the amenities and no people allowed at the prisons.
Additionally, the DOC requires employees and inmates to wear masks if they can not keep 6 ft of social distancing, and masks are mandatory in health services regions, a few workspaces and in food service areas.
The Oregon Department of Corrections previously reported an in-custody death between an inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Oregon State Penitentiary in May.
The DOC, before COVID-19, could issue press releases as soon as an in-custody death happened that included the individual's name, county of conviction, sentence length and date of arrival. Now, "To be able to balance the desire for transparency together with our legal responsibility to protect private health information, we've altered the AIC passing notification procedure when someone dies who has tested positive for COVID-19."