Michael Hastey
Michael Hastey, 19, died on February 18, 2022, at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, where he was held. Prison officials said he was attacked with makeshift weapons by two other incarcerated men on an exercise yard. Officers used force to break up the attack, and he was pronounced dead after being taken to a medical facility. The Lassen County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death as a homicide, and officials had not released a cause of death or details of his injuries as of the reports.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prison officials and the Lassen County Sheriff's Office say two other incarcerated men attacked him with makeshift weapons in an exercise yard, and the death is being investigated as a homicide.
Reported by: High Desert State Prison officials (the agency that held him); Lassen County Sheriff's Office (outside investigators).