Man convicted of pimping killed in California prison

A man serving a prison sentence for pimping was killed by another inmate, California prison officials said.

Shawn Jackson Jr., a 21-year-old inmate at California State Prison in Corcoran, died Sunday afternoon after being beaten by another inmate, Jarvis Richerson. The death is being investigated as a homicide.

Jackson was convicted of pimping in Orange County last year and began serving a four-year prison sentence in September.

He was arrested at the age of 19 with two other men and charged with sex trafficking of a young woman and a girl under the age of 16, investigators said at the time.

Richerson, 31, has served multiple sentences for illegal gun possession. He is currently serving an eight-year sentence for rape, battery and assault with a firearm, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

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This article was originally published in the Los Angeles Times.