Associated Press POLLOCK, La. -- Authorities have announced the death of a prisoner who was stabbed at the federal prison in Pollock. Forty-three-year-old Charles Harris Jackson Jr. of California, was pronounced dead at 5:55 p.m. Monday at the prison after an assault earlier that day in the recreation yard, prison spokesman Ron Martinez said Wednesday. Martinez said there is one suspect in the assault and he is being dealt with according to Bureau of Prison policy. The facility is on lockdown status. that means inmates are restricted to their living quarters and routine activities like visitation are suspended. The assault is under investigation by the FBI and there is. Jackson was sentenced in the Central District of California to 210 months for armed robbery. He was transferred to Pollock in August...
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