ENFIELD, CT – MAY 03: A sign stands in front of Cybulski Rehabilitation Center, which includes the military Veterans Unit on May 3, 2016 in Enfield, Connecticut. The Veterans Unit houses some 110 prisoners, all U.S. military veterans convicted of crimes ranging from petty larceny to murder, all with typically less than two years left on their sentences. The unit is part of a Connecticut Department of Correction program to turn some prisons into reintegration centers to prepare inmates for successful re-entry into society. Criminal justice and prison reforms are taking hold with bi-partisan support nationwide in an effort to reduce prison populations and recidivism. The state’s criminal justice reforms fall under Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy’s “Second Chance Society” legislation. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
The Connecticut Department of Correction announced that another prison inmate has died of COVID-19.
A 69-year-old man was transferred from the Agency's MacDougall-Walker Medical Isolation Unit to an outside hospital for treatment on Nov. 26 where he later died, officials said.
The man entered the correctional system in May of 2000 and was serving a 60-year sentence, suspended after 40 years, for aggravated first degree sexual assault and first degree kidnapping with a firearm.
His maximum release date was not until March of 2029, according to the DOC.
His involvement with the DOC dates back to 1973, they said.
Prison staff are getting tested for the virus weekly and the inmate population is getting tested biweekly.
