Female inmate killed by another prisoner at Chowchilla state

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 21st, 2005, 10:02 am

Female inmate killed by another prisoner at Chowchilla state prison
The Associated Press
Last Updated 7:25 am PST Wednesday, December 21, 2005

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) - A female prisoner at the Valley State Prison for Women has died in an apparent homicide involving another inmate, marking what may be the first inmate murder in a California women's prison, officials said.

The victim, 30, died Tuesday shortly after a confrontation with the 29-year-old suspect in a housing unit, said Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections.

Authorities refused to identify the women, pending notification of the victim's next of kin.

Both women had been transferred to the maximum-security prison after committing crimes at other facilities, Thornton said.

The victim has been "in and out of prison since 1997," and was moved to the Chowchilla facility after committing a drug-related crime at another prison, Thornton said.

The suspect was in prison for carjacking and first-degree robbery.

The Madera County Sheriff's Department said it's investigating the incident as a homicide, but officials were waiting for the results of an autopsy before making a final determination. Prison officials and other state officials also are investigating the incident.

The facility has about 3,700 inmates and is one of the largest women's prisons in the world.

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http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/ ... 6472c.html

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 21st, 2005, 10:03 am

It always gets even worse around the holidays. Making me a nervous wreck.

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 21st, 2005, 3:30 pm

I am still trying to figure out how this happened in the SHU when they are even handcuffed for showers???

Unread post by **pinky** » December 22nd, 2005, 2:05 am

yo crstnamre if you can get me the names of the two women who got in to it that would mean alot to me.

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 22nd, 2005, 9:23 am

pinky wrote:yo crstnamre if you can get me the names of the two women who got in to it that would mean alot to me.

Rosalinda Duran, 29 and Michelle Ann Yglesias, 30...Ms. Yglesias is the deceased.

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 22nd, 2005, 4:11 pm

December 22, 2005
Inmate's Death Ruled a Homicide
By Susannah Rosenblatt, Times Staff Writer

A deadly confrontation between two cellmates at Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla has been ruled a homicide, officials said Wednesday. It is the first inmate killing in a California women's prison, officials believe.

Sometime after 8 a.m. Tuesday, a prison nurse heard screams from a cell and saw Rosalinda Duran, 29, strangling and punching cellmate Michelle Ann Yglesias, 30, with an unidentified object as Yglesias lay on the floor, said Erica Smith, spokeswoman for the Madera County Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the case.

Guards separated the women, and prison staff tried to revive Yglesias before paramedics arrived. Yglesias was pronounced dead at 10:02 a.m.

The two women were living in the state's only security housing unit for female inmates who have committed crimes at other prisons. With about 3,900 inmates, Valley State is one of the largest women's prisons in the state.

Yglesias had been convicted several times since 1997 of drug charges and car theft, and Duran was incarcerated for carjacking and first-degree robbery, said Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Both women had extensive behavioral violations in prison, Thornton said.

The Madera County sheriff-coroner ruled Yglesias' death a homicide from preliminary autopsy reports, Smith said.

A Valley State Prison inmate died Oct. 16 of a stress-induced heart attack after an altercation in the exercise area with a prisoner. Officials ruled 36-year-old Patricia Toledo's death an accident spurred by the physical conflict, Smith said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state ... news-state

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 22nd, 2005, 4:19 pm

So they were'nt in the SHU. Just level 4.

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 22nd, 2005, 4:22 pm

So they were'nt in the SHU. Just level 4.