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Brown had served 10 years of a 99-year sentence out of Jefferson County. Sylvia Ortiz, 52, died on Aug. 28 at a local hospital in Texas City. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 14 and was transported from the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson on Aug. 16. Her autopsy results indicated that her cause of death was COVID-19, in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Ortiz had served nine years of a 10-year sentence out of Dawson County. Joseph Mendoza, 54, died Aug. 20 at a local hospital in Beaumont. He was transported from the Leblanc Unit...