Mario Campbell
Mario Campbell, 36, was held at California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom, when he died on January 15, 2025. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was attacked by two other incarcerated people on the main exercise yard. Officers used chemical agents to end the attack, and he was taken to the prison treatment area and then to an outside hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m. The department is treating the death as a homicide, and the Sacramento County Coroner will determine the cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two other incarcerated people attacked him on the prison yard, and it is investigating the death 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.