The Investigative Services Unit at High Desert State Prison is investigating the homicide of an inmate today according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
CDCR Today is reporting that just before 10:52a.m. Thursday, July 17th, a 28-year-old HDSP inmate was attacked by three other inmates with inmate-manufactured stabbing weapons. Staff performed lifesaving procedures on the inmate who had been attacked and transported him to the HDSP Correctional Treatment Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
The fatally wounded inmate was received from Los Angeles County on Oct. 12th, 2005 and, according to the Department of Corrections, was serving a life sentence for second-degree robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted second-degree murder. The inmate’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Investigators reportedly have three suspects in the case. All three came from Los Angeles county; two are convicted murderers and the third was convicted on car-jacking charges.
Staff recovered two inmate-manufactured stabbing weapons at the scene. No staff members were injured in the incident.
HDSP administrators have limited inmate movement in the facility where the incident occurred while the investigation is conducted.
