LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The family of a man killed inside a Las Vegas-area prison is demanding answers.
Jordan Canteberry, 34, died on July 26 from multiple stab wounds, the Clark County Coroner determined.
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“It just hurts we’re going through something so horrific and traumatic,” Jasmine Canteberry, the sister of Jordan, told the 8 News Now Investigators. “I don’t think there’s anything that could have prepared me for this day, for that day when I found out. I still like can’t even forget like I how I felt that day.”
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Staff reported that several inmates appeared to have tampered with their prison cell doors to free themselves from their cells moments before attacking Canteberry, according to documents obtained by the 8 News Now Investigators.
Corrections officers found Canteberry stabbed inside a unit at High Desert Prison on Saturday morning. When they responded, several inmates ran back inside their cells, according to documents. Staff noted that at least two inmates, including the main aggressor, must have tampered with their cell doors because they were not authorized to be in the common area at the time.
Canteberry informed staff that at least eight inmates attacked him and his cellmate was not part of the attack, according to a report. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead…