Officials at High Desert State Prison are investigating an incident that occurred on Monday, August 31st, in which two inmates attacked and killed another inmate.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the incident occurred just after 1:30p.m. on one of the prison’s maximum-security yards when two inmates attacked the victim with an inmate-manufactured weapon. Officers quickly intervened using chemical agents to quell the attack.
Medical staff treated the victim on site before transferring him to an outside hospital where the inmate succumbed to his injuries.
The victim is identified as 33-year old inmate Matthew Jagger from Contra Costa County. He was received by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on February 1st, 2012. He was serving a 13-year sentence for vehicle theft, carjacking, and in-prison offenses of assault by prisoner with deadly weapon and possession of deadly weapon by an inmate. The inmate’s next of kin has been notified.
No staff members were harmed in the incident.
Both inmate attackers have been transferred to HDSP’s Administrative Segregation Unit pending the investigation and inmate movement has been limited to facilitate the investigation.
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