Michael Ramadanovic
Michael Ramadanovic, 65, was held at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, and died on May 1, 2020. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was attacked in the recreation yard that morning by fellow prisoners, and that he suffered multiple puncture wounds from weapons made inside the prison. Officials said officers used chemical agents and a warning shot to stop the assault, and that he was pronounced dead about half an hour later. Officials said he died at the prison's medical facility, and two men were placed in segregated housing while the death was investigated by state and county authorities and a deadly force review board.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Corrections officials say two fellow inmates attacked him in the Facility C yard with inmate-made puncture weapons.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); High Desert State Prison investigation team (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.