Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Agustin Duran

66 years old · died July 2018 · Wasco State Prison, Kern County, California

Agustin Duran, 66, was held at Wasco State Prison in Wasco, California, when, according to prison officials, another person held there attacked him. The officials said guards used pepper spray to break up the assault, and he was taken to an outside hospital. He died the following day, and officials said he had been beaten to death by the other person. The prison's account of the attack has not been independently confirmed in the reporting.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Wasco State Prison officials say another incarcerated man attacked and beat him to death.

Reported by: Wasco State Prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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