Man serving sentence as a pimp is killed in California prison

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

Shawn Jackson Jr., a 21-year-old incarcerated at California’s Corcoran State Prison, died Sunday afternoon after allegedly 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 a four-year prison sentence in September.

He was arrested at the age of 19 along 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 already served numerous prison sentences for illegal gun possession. He is currently serving an eight-year sentence for rape, assault and battery with a firearm, the California Department of Justice said.