Press release

The Montana Department of Corrections announced today that an inmate died this week due to COVID-19-related illness.

The 62-year-old Montana State Prison inmate died at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula Nov. 18.

To protect the privacy of the deceased and his family, and to comply with state and federal law, the DOC will not release additional information.

The death that occurred in Missoula County will be reflected on the Friday, Nov. 20 state COVID-19 tracking map and on the DOC’s COVID-19 response web page at https://cor.mt.gov/COVID-19 . While the death occurred in M...