FOLSOM – California State Prison, Sacramento officials are investigating the death of a 63-year-old inmate as a possible homicide. The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin.
On May 30 at 2:16 p.m., officers saw inmates Joshua Kerr and Nicholas Mangelli in an altercation with another inmate on the B Facility exercise yard. Officers immediately responded, using pepper spray and a blast grenade to quell the violence. No staff injuries were reported.
Staff discovered the victim had been stabbed with an inmate-manufactured device. Life-saving measures were performed on the victim as he was transported to the institution’s Central Health Building. He was pronounced dead at 2:34 p.m.
Kerr and Mangelli are considered suspects and will be placed in the institution’s Administrative Segregation Unit pending further investigation.
Kerr, 35, was received from Orange County in December 2015 to serve a 22-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder with an enhancement for street gang activity and second-degree robbery.
Mangelli, 28, was received from Sacramento County in March 2014 to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and personal use of a dangerous or deadly weapon.
The victim was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Activated in 1986, CSP-SAC is a high-security prison that houses approximately 2,100 general population inmates and employs about 1,700 people. The institution houses long-term inmates, inmates requiring specialized mental health programming, and inmates with high-risk medical concerns.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2019
CONTACT: Lt. Levance Quinn
(916) 985-8610 ext. 3012
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