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The death of a 25-year-old inmate at North Kern State Prison in California is under investigation as a homicide, corrections officials said Tuesday.
An officer conducting a security check found Ricardo Saldivar unconscious in a holding cell Monday afternoon, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement.
Saldivar was taken to the prison’s medical treatment room, where he was pronounced dead, the statement said. The Kern County coroner will determine the official cause of death.
Saldivar arrived in North Kern state last month after being sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.
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The Delano Prison, just north of Bakersfield, is a medium-security facility holding approximately 3,500 inmates.