Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facility

Summary

Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband, David Brinson, at Mule Creek state prison in California.

Brinson, serving life without parole for four murders, claimed Dowells passed out, but authorities ruled her death a homicide.

This marks the second strangulation death during a family visit at the prison in a year; Tania Thomas was killed in July 2024 while visiting inmate Anthony Curry. Investigations are ongoing.

California is one of four states allowing family visits to maintain positive relationships.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    So… we go all the way back to my previous point where I said you think it’s okay to imprison people for life even with the possibility that they are innocent.

    I said to keep the prisons open until we replace them. That necessarily means we aren’t imprisoning people for life, because the prisons will close. We just hold them for the length of time it takes to replace the prisons with schools and hospitals.

    Get it?

    Also I don’t know where you got the idea that I actually support life imprisonment? I only said it’s better than the death penalty.

    I keep repeating myself because you seem to be willfully misunderstanding me over and over.

    • lumony@lemmings.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      I said to keep the prisons open until we replace them. That necessarily means we aren’t imprisoning people for life, because the prisons will close.

      Sure. If we happen to migrate to this fabled society of yours where prisons aren’t necessary before people currently in prison die. But until we reach your fantasy, (which could be a LONG time) you admit that “you think it’s okay to imprison people for life even with the possibility that they are innocent.”

      We just hold them for the length of time it takes to replace the prisons with schools and hospitals.

      All the schools and hospitals in the world aren’t going to stop people from harming each other. Get it?

      Also I don’t know where you got the idea that I actually support life imprisonment? I only said it’s better than the death penalty.

      Oh my god, we’re just going in circles now. Re-read my previous comment for why you’re incorrect.

      I’m going to have to ignore you now because I’ve said everything I needed to say and you’re just proving me right again and again. You know your argument is weak, so you’re afraid to stand by it. You keep pivoting to something else to obscure the fact that you’re wrong.

      You may need to work on your reading comprehension, too. I suggest taking a remedial English course at your local community college.

      Thanks for showing me that people like you don’t actually have a leg to stand on when saying the death penalty should be abolished. You’re living in a fairy world while pretending it’s reality. It makes sense that you’d think “schools and hospitals” could replace prisons, lol. How many schools? How many hospitals? You know people still commit crimes when going to nice schools and having access to nice hospitals, right? Lol.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
        22·
        2 days ago

        All the schools and hospitals in the world aren’t going to stop people from harming each other. Get it?

        Reeducation and rehabilitation you stupid shitbag, why is this so hard for you to understand?

        Talking to you is self harm.