Malik Campbell
Malik Campbell, 26, died on September 9, 2025, while held at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, Kern County, California. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said staff found him unresponsive in his cell and that he was pronounced dead at the institution's treatment area. The department is investigating the death as a homicide and said no weapon was found, and his cellmate was moved to restricted housing pending the investigation. The Kern County Coroner will determine the official cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. CDCR is investigating Malik Campbell's death as a homicide, with the Kern County Coroner to determine the official cause, and says his cellmate was placed in restricted housing pending investigation.
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.
News reports (4)
- California Correctional Institution Officials Investigating the Death of an Incarcerated Person as a Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- CDCR investigates inmate death as homicide at Tehachapi prison
- Inmate Malik Campbell Dies in Suspected Homicide at California Correctional Institution
- CCI investigating death of prison as a homicide