Joseph Hill
Joseph Hill, 53, died on March 23, 2023, after an attack on a yard at Pelican Bay State Prison in Del Norte County, California, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The agency said two people held at the prison attacked him, and that officers recovered a weapon made by a prisoner during the investigation. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead about two hours after the attack. The agency is investigating the death as a homicide with the district attorney's office and the coroner, who will determine the official cause of death. Officials have not described the attack in detail.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. CDCR says two fellow incarcerated people attacked Hill on a prison yard, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.
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.