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Died in prison

Mamoudou Kaba

24 years old · died June 21, 2020 · United States Penitentiary Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California

Mamoudou Kaba, a 24-year-old man, died on June 21, 2020, while held at the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California. He was found unresponsive that Sunday morning and was pronounced dead soon after by paramedics. Federal officials had not disclosed a cause of death, and they did not say whether COVID-19, which had broken out at the facility at the time, was a factor.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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