CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated person at Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (SATF) as a homicide.
On Oct. 24, at 6:46 a.m., custody staff observed incarcerated person Louis T. Jackson, 62, unresponsive in his cell. Staff immediately activated 911 and initiated life-saving measures while transporting him to the prison’s treatment and triage area. Paramedics arrived at the institution and pronounced Jackson deceased at 7:12 a.m.
Jackson’s cellmate, Derek E. Dunlap, 34, was placed in restricted housing pending an investigation by the SATF Investigative Services Unit and the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. The Office of the Inspector General has been notified.
Jackson was received from Los Angeles County Jan. 25, 1996, sentenced to four years for second-degree burglary by a second striker. On Oct. 16, 1996, he received a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole for possession of a deadly weapon in prison by a third striker.
Dunlap was received from Solano County Sept. 6, 2023, sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.
SATF houses minimum, medium, high, and maximum-security male incarcerated persons. The institution opened in 1997, housing approximately 5,200 incarcerated people and employing approximately 2,000 staff.
Louis T. Jackson (deceased)
Derek E. Dunlap
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