Originally published December 2020 and will continue to be updated
As we near the end of yet another year of the pandemic, it’s important to take a moment to remember all of the correctional officers and staff members we have lost to COVID-19 complications.
Below is a compilation of the reports, by state, of U.S. corrections personnel who have died of coronavirus-related complications. The links at the top of each section are the most recently reported.
It is our intent to maintain an accurate and up-to-date directory. If we have not included an officer, first please accept our apology and condolences. Second, please send us their name and a link to a news report, department press release or obituary so we can include them and link to additional information.
Note: Not all of these deaths have been confirmed as line-of-duty deaths. Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder shared an update from the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program as to how COVID-19 deaths will be classified.
alabama
Robertsdale — Robertsdale corrections officer dies from COVID-19 complications
Wetumpka — Ala. prison employee dies from COVID-19
ARIZONA
Kingman — Mohave County detention officer dies from COVID
Avondale — Ariz. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Eloy — Ariz. senior correctional officer dies from COVID-19
CALIFORNIA
Riverside — Calif. county correctional lieutenant dies from COVID-19 complications
Fresno — Calif. county correctional officer dies of COVID-19
Sonoma County — Calif. county correctional lieutenant dies from COVID-19
Imperial County — Calif. prison mourns COVID-19 death of correctional officer
San Quentin — San Quentin prison sergeant dies from COVID-19
Chowchilla — Calif. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Chowchilla — Veteran Calif. CO dies from COVID-19
Delano — Calif. correctional officer dies after contracting COVID-19
Los Angeles — LAPD detention officer dies from COVID-19
Riverside County — 2nd Calif. prison employee dies from COVID-19
Riverside County — Calif. correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Colorado
Denver — Second Denver sheriff’s deputy dies from COVID-19 in less than 2 weeks
Denver — LODD: Denver sheriff’s deputy dies from COVID-19
connecticut
Enfield — First Conn. correctional officer dies of COVID-19
FLORIDA
Miami-Dade County — Virus wanes in Miami jails but still takes a toll: 3 officers just died of COVID
Tallahassee — Leon County Sheriff’s Office mourning death of correctional deputy
Union County — Union County Sheriff’s Office mourns loss of correctional officer to COVID-19
Manatee — ‘Deeply saddened': Fla. county jail deputy loses battle with COVID
Fort Myers — Second Lee County deputy dies from COVID-19 complications; Sheriff urges staff vaccinations
Bunnell — Fla. sheriff’s office sets up GoFundMe for detention deputy who died of COVID-19
Orlando — Fla. jail officer dies from COVID-19 amid jump in infections
Miami-Dade County — Mourners grieve COVID-19 death of Miami-Dade CO who was father of 3
Miami-Dade County — Miami-Dade corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Okaloosa County — Fla. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Lake Butler — A ‘golden-hearted young man': Another Fla. CO dies from COVID-19
Seminole County — Fla. correctional officer loses battle with COVID-19
Lake Butler — 3rd. Fla. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Gainesville — Another Fla. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Malone — Fla. CO, his wife die from COVID-19 one hour apart
Miami-Dade County — Miami-Dade corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Tavares — Fla. detention deputy dies after battle with COVID-19
GEORGIA
Perry — 29-year-old father, Georgia corrections agent dies of COVID-19
Brunswick — Ga. jail staff taking on extra duties as virus takes toll
Atlanta — Atlanta federal prison employee dies from COVID-19
ILLINOIS
Peoria County — Peoria County corrections officer dies from COVID-19 infection connected to jail outbreak
Cook County — 3rd CO at Chicago jail dies after being diagnosed with COVID-19
Cook County — CO at Chicago jail dies from COVID-19; 2nd CO’s death under investigation
INDIANA
Indianapolis — Ind. correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Sullivan County — Ind. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
IOWA
Clarinda — Iowa correctional officer dies after coronavirus diagnosis
Mitchellville — 1st Iowa correctional officer dies from COVID-19
KANSAS
Topeka — Kan. correctional facility employee dies from COVID-19 complications
Lansing — Kan. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Kentucky
Louisville — Louisville Metro Corrections officer dies after battle with COVID-19
LOUISANA
Baton Rouge — La. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Monroe — 2 COs at La. ICE jail die after contracting COVID-19
Gretna — Veteran La. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Avoyelles Parish — La. prison warden dies from COVID-19
Baton Rouge — La. prison staff member dies from COVID-19
Massachusetts
Essex County — Mass. county CO dies from COVID-19 complications
MARYLAND
Baltimore — Union: Md. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Baltimore — Md. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
MICHIGAN
Corunna — Mich. corrections deputy dies from COVID-19 complications
Coldwater — BCSD Corrections Officer Kevin Kokinis passes away, served department for 22 years
Lansing — Veteran Mich. CO, father of 4 dies of COVID-19
Adrian — Veteran Mich. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Detroit — Mich. DOC officer dies of COVID-19
Mississippi
Jackson County — Miss. correctional deputy dies from COVID-19
Missouri
Vandalia — Missouri corrections officer lost to virus
Greene County — Mo. sheriff’s office mourns loss of detention officer who died from COVID-19
Nebraska
Douglas County — ‘Her legacy is written in stone': Douglas County CO dies of COVID-19
NEW JERSEY
Hudson County — Hudson County corrections police corporal passes away from COVID-19
Cumberland County — Cumberland faces wrongful death action in CO’s death from COVID-19
Hudson County — 2nd NJ county correctional police officer dies from COVID-19
Burlington County — 3rd NJ correctional police officer dies from COVID-19
Middlesex County — 2nd NJ correctional police officer dies from COVID-19
Hudson County — NJ correctional police officer dies from COVID-19
NEW YORK
Oswego — N.Y. sheriff’s deputy dies after battle with COVID-19
New York City — NYC correctional officer dies from COVID-19
New York City — Rikers Island corrections officer dies from COVID-19
New York City — NYC corrections officer dies from COVID-19
New York City — NYC corrections investigator dies of coronavirus
North carolina
Butner — NC correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Durham — NC senior detention officer dies after battling COVID-19
OHIO
Cleveland — Cuyahoga County Jail officer, inmate die from COVID-19 in four-day span, officials say
Cleveland — Second Cuyahoga County CO dies from COVID-19
Columbus — Gov. DeWine says local corrections officer died from COVID-19
Youngstown — Local corrections officer passes away after battle with COVID-19
Cleveland — 2 Ohio corrections officers die after testing positive for COVID-19
Cleveland — Veteran Ohio CO dies after contracting COVID-19
Columbus — 5th Ohio corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Mt. Sterling — Ohio CO dies from COVID-19 complications
Galena — Nurse becomes 3rd Ohio prison employee to die from COVID-19
Orient — Nurse at Ohio prison dies from COVID-19
Columbus — Ohio corrections officer dies from COVID-19
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown — 30-year-old father of 2 becomes first Pa. county CO to die from COVID-19
Glen Mills — Veteran Pa. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
RHODE ISLAND
Cranston — ACI correctional officer dies from COVID complications
Cranston — RI correctional officer dies from COVID-19 complications
SOUTH carolina
Summerville — Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office mourns death of detention center officer due to COVID complications
Columbia — SC correctional officer dies after testing positive for COVID-19
Tennessee
Bledsoe County — State prison corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Sullivan County — Sullivan Co. Sheriff’s Office mourning death of deputy due to COVID-19
TEXAS
Beaumont — Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office mourning loss of beloved deputy
Dallas — Dallas County CO dies from COVID-19
Refugio — Corrections officer dies of COVID-19 after transporting COVID-19 positive inmate
Huntsville — Huntsville CO dies from COVID-19
Beaumont — Texas CO dies from COVID-19 less than one month after beginning career
Lubbock — COVID-19 claims the life of another Texas prison correctional officer
Bryan — Texas prison correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Brownwood — Texas corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Huntsville — COVID-19 claims the life of another Texas prison corrections officer
Collin County — Texas corrections officer dies after contracting COVID-19
Huntsville — Veteran Texas prison corrections officer dies of COVID-19
Williamson County — Texas corrections officer dies after COVID-19 battle
Tarrant County — Texas county sheriff’s corporal dies from COVID-19
Dickinson — Texas correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Edinburg — Texas prison chaplain dies from COVID-19
Jefferson County — Texas correctional officer dies after battling COVID-19
Jasper County — 24-year veteran Texas CO dies from COVID-19
Huntsville — Longtime Texas CO dies after contracting COVID-19
Huntsville — Texas corrections officer dies from COVID-19 complications
El Paso — Longtime Texas jail employee dies from COVID-19
Huntsville — Another Texas correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Lubbock — Veteran Texas corrections officer dies from COVID-19
La Villa — Texas detention officer dies from COVID-19
Hutchins — Texas correctional officer dies from COVID-19 complications
Huntsville — 2 Texas correctional officers die from COVID-19
San Antonio — Texas detention deputy dies after testing positive for COVID-19
Abilene — Texas corrections officer dies from COVID-19
New Boston — Texas correctional officer dies from COVID-19
Amarillo — Texas CO dies from COVID-19 complications
WASHINGTON, D.C.
D.C. — DC corrections officer dies from COVID-19
WASHINGTON
Aberdeen — Stafford Creek correctional officer dies of COVID-19
Aberdeen — Wash. CO dies from COVID-19
Aberdeen — 2nd Wash. CO dies from COVID-19 as prisons begin vaccine rollout
Yakima — Wash. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Olympia — 1st Wash. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
WEST VIRGINIA
Barboursville — 4th West Virginia corrections officer dies of COVID-19
West Columbia — 3rd West Virginia corrections officer dies of COVID-19
Moundsville — Correctional officer dies from coronavirus
Charleston — Veteran W.Va. corrections officer dies from COVID-19
Wisconsin
Kenosha County — Sheriff’s Department honors colleague who died of COVID at memorial service