California State Prison, Corcoran (CSP-COR)

 

INMATE DEATH AT CORCORAN STATE PRISON UNDER INVESTIGATION

Corcoran – On December 16, 2007 at approximately 9 p.m., a 21-year-old San Bernardino County inmate was found deceased in his assigned cell at Corcoran State Prison (CSP-C).

The deceased inmate, Reuben Quesada Galasso, was received from San Bernardino County on March 16, 2006, and was serving a five-year sentence for assault with a firearm. He was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m. The cause of death has not yet been determined.

The case is being investigated as a possible homicide by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. The CSP-C Investigative Services Unit is cooperating with the investigation and the Office of the Inspector General’s Bureau of Independent Review has been notified.

The suspect in this case is a 27-year-old inmate received from San Luis Obispo County on May 28, 1999 with a life sentence for attempted first-degree murder.

CSP-C opened in 1988 and houses nearly 5,700 minimum-, medium-, maximum- and high-security custody inmates. The Kings County prison offers academic classes and vocational programs as well as community programs and work crews. The prison employs approximately 2,300 people.