Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Devlin Stringfellow

48 years old · died January 2018 · Folsom State Prison, Sacramento County, California

Devlin, 48, was held at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California, and died in January 2018. California Department of Corrections officials said Devlin was assaulted in an exercise yard on a Wednesday afternoon and was pronounced dead at the prison's medical clinic. Officials said the assault involved weapons made by people held at the prison, and two other people held there are suspected in the attack. The death is under investigation.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. California Department of Corrections officials say he was assaulted in an exercise yard by other people held at the prison with inmate-made weapons, and the death is under investigation.

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

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