California state correctional officer, 57, died suddenly after falling ill on duty

A California state correctional officer died suddenly on Wednesday after he fell ill on duty at San Quentin State Prison, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Officer Daniel Chrystaline, 57, became ill at about 5:30 a.m. and died at about 6:30 after he was transported to an outside hospital. The corrections department did not provide any more information.

“We are deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of Officer Daniel J. Chrystaline,” spokeswoman Terri Harding said in an email.

Chrystaline had worked for the corrections department for 20 years, all of them at San Quentin except for six months at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility from 2010 into 2011, according to an email announcement sent out by San Quentin Warden Ron Bloomfield.

This story was originally published November 17, 2022 at 3:30 PM.