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Agustin Duran

66 years old · died July 2019 · Wasco State Prison, California

Agustin Duran, 66, died in July 2019 after he was attacked by another person held at Wasco State Prison in California. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said staff responded to an alarm and used pepper spray to stop the assault. He was taken to a triage area, flown to an outside hospital, and died the following afternoon. The department says it is treating the death as a homicide, with the District Attorney's Office assisting the investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says another inmate beat Agustin Duran in a day room at Wasco State Prison, and that staff used pepper spray to stop the assault.

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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