Family of Lompoc Inmate Found Dead Demands Answers

The family of 24-year-old Mamoudou Kaba, who died under undisclosed circumstances Sunday morning at the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, is pleading with federal authorities and Santa Barbara coroner’s officials for information about his death. Thus far, they’ve only been told that Kaba was found unresponsive at approximately 10:30 a.m. and declared dead by responding paramedics.

“We just want to know what happened to my brother,” said older sister Sayon Kaba, who lives in Missouri. Mamoudou was from Kansas and was serving time for bank robbery. He was scheduled for release in six months, his family said, and had plans to start a trucking business. In the meantime, he was tutoring other inmates in math. “They need to at least tell us how they found him,” Sayon said. “Was he in bed? Was he sick? Was he stabbed?”