SAN QUENTIN – Juan Inzunza, who was serving a condemned sentence at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQRC), died March 7, 2024, while receiving care at an outside medical facility. He was 40 years old.
Inzunza was found unresponsive in his cell at 9:46 p.m. on the same day of his death. SQRC staff immediately performed life-saving measures and transferred him to an outside hospital for a higher level of care. He was pronounced deceased at 11:14 p.m. Inzunza was housed in a single cell and there were no obvious signs of trauma. The death is being investigated by SQRC’s Investigative Services Unit and the Marin County District Attorney’s Office. The Office of the Inspector General was notified, and the Coroner Division of the Marin County Sheriff’s Office will determine his cause of death.
Inzunza was received from Riverside County on May 18, 2018. He was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder, a second-strike offense. While incarcerated, Inzunza on July 28, 2023, was sentenced for first-degree murder of an incarcerated person in 2021 at Ironwood State Prison. He was given a condemned sentence and transferred to SQRC.
There are currently 649 condemned persons in CDCR. More information about capital punishment in California can be found here: https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/.
Contact: CDCR Press Office: OPEC@cdcr.ca.gov
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