Prison officers reportedly found two 'inmate-manufactured weapons' after the man was attacked, authorities said.
An inmate at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano was killed Thursday in an attack by two other inmates, California prison officials said.
Sidney Kang, 31, was attacked around 10 a.m. in a maximum-security recreation yard, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He was treated at the prison but died less than an hour after the attack.Friday’s incident is the second suspected killing reported at Kern Valley State Prison in the last week and at least the third reported in a Kern County state lockup since the start of the year., was found dead in his cell.
In March, an inmate at Wasco State Prison, also in Kern County, was found dead in his cell in a suspected homicide. Kang had been admitted to Kern Valley State Prison from Los Angeles County on Monday to serve a 14-year sentence for assault charges.Ramirez since 2008 has been serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder. He is also serving sentences for a previous prison assault and for possessing and or manufacturing a deadly weapon in prison, among other charges, according to the corrections department.
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