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Yuma prison warden dies; facility copes with COVID-19 outbreak
The Associated Press
An Arizona state prison warden has died after being hospitalized over the weekend, the state Department of Corrections said.
Edwin Jensen was a warden at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma, which houses more than 4,400 incarcerated people near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Department spokesperson Bill Lamoreaux said we will not be issuing a statement at this time, out of respect for his family and the ADCRR who continue to grieve.
Yuma County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Sam Pavlak said Jensen was hospitalized at Yuma Regional Medical Center over the weekend.
Yuma prison warden dies from COVID-19; facility fighting virus outbreak
By Associated Press
Edwin Jensen (Arizona Dept. of Corrections)
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - The warden of an Arizona state prison that has seen a major COVID-19 outbreak has died after being hospitalized over the weekend, the state Department of Corrections said.
Edwin Jensen was a warden at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma, which houses more than 4,400 incarcerated people near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Department spokesperson Bill Lamoreaux said we will not be issuing a statement at this time, out of respect for his family and the ADCRR who continue to grieve.
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Yuma Prison Complex warden passes away from coronavirus
Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation and Reentry
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A warden from Arizona State Prison Yuma Complex passed away this week. Sources tell News 11 s Crystal Jimenez his death was COVID-19 related.
Social media posts, as well as sources who knew Warden Edwin Jensen, confirmed his death this week.
The Yuma County Medical Examiner confirms Edwin Jensen was a patient at Yuma Regional Medical Center, but was unable to comment on the exact day of his death, or on its exact cause.
Sources inside the prison told us Jensen was out sick last week, and in the hospital over the weekend.