On February 26, 1981, Correctional Officer Louis F. Jewett, 38, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, died from injuries sustained about a month earlier during a violent altercation at the New Mexico State Penitentiary. The fight began on the catwalk of cellblock three when Officer Jewett intervened in a struggle involving inmates Jesse Trujillo, Ricky Garcia, and Bobby Barbershop Garcia. Trujillo and Ricky Garcia were reported to have been armed with shanks; Bobby Barbershop Garcia was stabbed repeatedly and died shortly after the incident. Officer Jewett was stabbed, apparently by Ricky Garcia, and later succumbed to his wounds.

Both Jesse Trujillo and Ricky Garcia were tried for the deaths of Officer Jewett and Bobby Barbershop Garcia. Trujillo was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder; the prosecution sought death, but the jury did not unanimously impose it and he received two life terms plus three years, consecutive to an earlier life sentence. Trujillo appealed on grounds related to death-qualification voir dire, but his conviction was affirmed. Does anyone have further contemporaneous details about the incident or its aftermath that could add to the record?