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Matthew Jagger

33 years old · died August 31, 2015 · High Desert State Prison, Lassen County, California

Matthew Jagger, 33, was from Contra Costa County. On Monday afternoon, August 31, 2015, he was held at High Desert State Prison near Susanville, California, when the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said two other men attacked him with a manufactured weapon on a prison yard. He was taken to an outside hospital, where he died of his injuries. The department said the two men were moved to administrative segregation while officials investigated.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two other incarcerated men attacked him with a manufactured weapon.

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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