Name not reported
A man held at California State Prison, Sacramento, died on November 25, 2019, after two other prisoners attacked him in a general population exercise yard. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said officers used pepper spray and blast grenades when the attackers refused to get down. He was taken to the prison's Central Health Services Building, where he was pronounced dead. Prison officials are investigating the death as a homicide, and his name was withheld while his family was notified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says two other prisoners attacked him in a general population yard, and officers used pepper spray and blast grenades to stop them.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); California State Prison, Sacramento officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.