December 12, 2019
FOLSOM-California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-SAC) officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide after he was attacked by two other inmates.
On Dec. 12 at approximately10:10 a.m., staff saw inmates Anthony Rodriguez and Cody Taylor attack another inmate, identified as Luis Giovanny Aguilar, in the dayroom of Facility B Long-Term Restricted Housing Unit.
Officers immediately responded and the inmates were ordered to get down. When Rodriguez and Vasquez ignored the command, officers used foam baton rounds to quell the incident.
Responding staff summoned an ambulance for the injured inmate, provided life-saving measures. The victim was taken to the prison’s Central Health Services Building, where he was pronounced dead at 10:40 a.m.
Officers recovered one inmate-manufactured weapons at the scene. No staff members were injured in the altercation.
Rodriguez and Vasquez will be retained in segregated housing pending an investigation into their involvement. Movement on Facility B has been limited to facilitate the investigation.
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office is assisting CSP-SAC’s Investigative Services Unit.The Office of the Inspector General has been notified.
Aguilar was received by CDCR on Dec. 24, 2018 from Los Angeles County to serve a four-year sentence for vehicle theft and evading/attempting to evade a peace officer while driving recklessly as a second-striker.
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Family of inmate slain at Sacramento prison sues, claiming guards helped set him up
The family of a Sacramento-area prison inmate allegedly slain by three other prisoners in 2019 is suing California corrections officials, claiming guards conspired to recruit and assist inmates to conduct the stabbing death. The suit stems from the Dec. 12, 2019, slaying of Luis Giovanny Aguilar at California State Prison, Sacramento, where guards have been accused in court papers of conspiring to plan inmate murders and which is the subject of an FBI probe into allegations of wrongdoing there by guards. The prison, also known as New Folsom, has come under renewed focus since the August suicide of a former correctional sergeant turned whistleblower who had been working with attorneys on claims that he had evidence of corruption, harassment and cover-ups by prison staff.
“On or about December 12, 2019, Mr. Aguilar was murdered by three other inmates,” attorneys Kresta Daly and Mark Redmond wrote in their civil rights lawsuit. “Prison guards via their willful indifference to prevent and their actual facilitation of the murder of Mr. Aguilar conspired to cause Mr. Aguilar’s murder. “Defendants wrongful acts included recruiting inmates to murder Mr. Aguilar and allowing these inmates to practice and then carry out the murder.”
Victim; Luis Giovanny Aguilar poses with his mother
FOLSOM-California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-SAC) officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide after he was attacked by two other inmates.
On Dec. 12 at approximately10:10 a.m., staff saw inmates Anthony Rodriguez and Cody Taylor attack another inmate, identified as Luis Giovanny Aguilar, in the dayroom of Facility B Long-Term Restricted Housing Unit.
Officers immediately responded and the inmates were ordered to get down. When Rodriguez and Vasquez ignored the command, officers used foam baton rounds to quell the incident.
Responding staff summoned an ambulance for the injured inmate, provided life-saving measures. The victim was taken to the prison’s Central Health Services Building, where he was pronounced dead at 10:40 a.m.
Officers recovered one inmate-manufactured weapons at the scene. No staff members were injured in the altercation.
Rodriguez and Vasquez will be retained in segregated housing pending an investigation into their involvement. Movement on Facility B has been limited to facilitate the investigation.
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office is assisting CSP-SAC’s Investigative Services Unit.The Office of the Inspector General has been notified.
Aguilar was received by CDCR on Dec. 24, 2018 from Los Angeles County to serve a four-year sentence for vehicle theft and evading/attempting to evade a peace officer while driving recklessly as a second-striker.
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FOLSOM- California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-SAC) officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide after he was attacked by two other inmate
www.cdcr.ca.gov
CDCR Video
Family of inmate slain at Sacramento prison sues, claiming guards helped set him up
The family of a Sacramento-area prison inmate allegedly slain by three other prisoners in 2019 is suing California corrections officials, claiming guards conspired to recruit and assist inmates to conduct the stabbing death. The suit stems from the Dec. 12, 2019, slaying of Luis Giovanny Aguilar at California State Prison, Sacramento, where guards have been accused in court papers of conspiring to plan inmate murders and which is the subject of an FBI probe into allegations of wrongdoing there by guards. The prison, also known as New Folsom, has come under renewed focus since the August suicide of a former correctional sergeant turned whistleblower who had been working with attorneys on claims that he had evidence of corruption, harassment and cover-ups by prison staff.
“On or about December 12, 2019, Mr. Aguilar was murdered by three other inmates,” attorneys Kresta Daly and Mark Redmond wrote in their civil rights lawsuit. “Prison guards via their willful indifference to prevent and their actual facilitation of the murder of Mr. Aguilar conspired to cause Mr. Aguilar’s murder. “Defendants wrongful acts included recruiting inmates to murder Mr. Aguilar and allowing these inmates to practice and then carry out the murder.”
Victim; Luis Giovanny Aguilar poses with his mother
