Iowa Department of Corrections confirms latest pandemic-related inmate death
Updated: 12:12 PM CDT Sep 17, 2021
Iowa Department of Corrections confirms latest pandemic-related inmate death
Updated: 12:12 PM CDT Sep 17, 2021
WE ENJOY AS A COUNTRY COME AT A HEAVY COST. NEW AT NOON, CORONAVIRUS IS BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEATH OF AN IOWA PRISON INMATE. THE STATE CORRECONTIS DEPARTMENT SAYS RAY TRIPLETT LIKELY DIED FROM COVID COMPLICATIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN IOWA CI.TY HE WAS AN INMATE AT THE STEAT PENITENTIARY IN ANAMOSA. TRIPLETT WAS 57-YEARS-OLD, AND WAS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR SEX ABUSE. TRIPLETT IS THE 22ND PRISON INMATE IN IOWA TO DIE FROM CORONAVIRUS SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC ACCORDING TO THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW 6 INMATES ARE TES
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Iowa Department of Corrections confirms latest pandemic-related inmate death
Updated: 12:12 PM CDT Sep 17, 2021
The Iowa Department of Corrections confirmed Friday that an inmate has died due to COVID-19 complications.Ray Gene Triplett, 57, died Wednesday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.The Iowa DOC said Triplett was transported to the hospital from the Iowa State Penitentiary due to his declining health. Triplett had been serving a life sentence in Scott County for first-degree sex abuse.According to the Iowa DOC, 22 inmates in the state have died due to COVID-19.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The Iowa Department of Corrections confirmed Friday that an inmate has died due to COVID-19 complications.
Ray Gene Triplett, 57, died Wednesday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
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The Iowa DOC said Triplett was transported to the hospital from the Iowa State Penitentiary due to his declining health.
Triplett had been serving a life sentence in Scott County for first-degree sex abuse.
According to the Iowa DOC, 22 inmates in the state have died due to COVID-19.