Event Brief
Death at Southern California prison probed as homicide
Filed: Aug 02, 2026 at 1:00 AM ET
Summary: Officials say an inmate at Richard J. Donovan Prison was found unresponsive and his death is being investigated as homicide.
WHO: Hector Ozuna; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; prison staff
WHAT: Inmate death investigated as a homicide at Richard J. Donovan Prison
WHEN: Aug 02, 2026 at 12:57 AM ET
WHERE: Richard J. Donovan Prison, San Diego County, California
WHY: Prison staff found the 66-year-old inmate unresponsive in his cell, and the death is being treated as a homicide.
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