CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.
At approximately 1:29 p.m., facility yard officers discovered Shawn G. Jackson Jr. unresponsive. Medical staff were immediately called for assistance, life-saving measures were taken, and Jackson was transported by ambulance to an outside medical facility. Jackson was pronounced deceased at 2:49 p.m. at the Adventist Medical Center in Hanford.