Roll of Honor
Jairo Antonio Bravo
Incident
Correctional Officer Jairo Bravo died as the result of complications after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among employees and inmates at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 7000 NW 41st Street in Miami, Florida.
Officer Bravo had served with the Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for six months and had previously served with the Florida Department of Corrections for three years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Correctional Officer Jairo Antonio Bravo died on July 30, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 7 at Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Correctional Officer Bravo gave the Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Bravo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer Jairo Antonio Bravo is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 7 of 8 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jairo Antonio Bravo's cause is highlighted.
How Jairo Antonio Bravo Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jairo Antonio Bravo is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
7 officers from Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are honored on badge.nw.
