Jose Alcantar-Ortega
Jose Alcantar-Ortega, 19, was stabbed in the head, neck and upper chest during a disturbance in a housing unit at Salinas Valley State Prison on Friday, January 12, 2018. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, staff found him on the floor, removed him from the cell and took him to an outside hospital, where he died on January 15. The department classified the death as a homicide and said two other people were named as suspects and segregated while the investigation continues.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says another incarcerated man stabbed Jose Alcantar-Ortega multiple times in the head, neck and upper chest during a disturbance in a housing unit.
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.