On February 26, 1981, Correctional Officer Louis F. Jewett, aged 38, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, succumbed to injuries he sustained during a violent altercation at the New Mexico State Penitentiary. The incident occurred on the catwalk of cellblock three, where Officer Jewett intervened in a fight among three inmates: Jesse Trujillo, Ricky Garcia, and Bobby 'Barbershop' Garcia.
The altercation began when Officer Jewett heard the commotion and entered the catwalk to find Jesse Trujillo and
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