Deaths in Custody
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Luis Giovanny Aguilar

died December 12, 2019 · California State Prison, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California

Luis Giovanny Aguilar was held at California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom when he died on December 12, 2019. Correctional officers and officials said two other people held at the prison attacked him in the day room of a restricted housing unit. Officers fired foam baton rounds to stop the assault, and officials said they found a homemade weapon at the scene. Aguilar was pronounced dead about half an hour after the attack.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Officials say two other people held at the prison attacked Aguilar in a restricted housing unit day room, and officers stopped the assault with foam baton rounds.

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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