India, Feb. 12 -- Joseph Mendoza, a man from Merced, California, was stabbed 180 times in prison in April 2025, and a video of the stabbing was captured by an unidentified individual and shared on social media.

The video went viral, with thousands of views, bringing the Salinas Valley prison authorities in Soledad, California under scrutiny. Now, the family of Mendoza has filed a Civil Rights lawsuit accusing the prison authorities of "deliberate indifference." The lawsuit was filed in December 2025 at the Northern District of California, the family confirmed.

Mendoza, who was serving a 22-year sentence for robbery and attempted murder at the time of his death, was captured on video being stabbed 180 times with a makeshift knife at the ...