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Massapequa, NY
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ID Released For Inmate, Age 29, Who Died At Nassau County Correctional Facility In East Meadow
The identity has been released of a young inmate who died at a Long Island prison. According to Nassau County PD detectives, the 29-year-old man suffered a medical episode while at the Nassau County Correctional Facility located in East Meadow at 100 Carmen Ave. around 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23. He was transported in a Nassau County Police Ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead by a hospital physician, Nassau County Police said. On Friday, Nov. 25, police identified the man as Nikita Pertsev of Brooklyn. Earlier report: 29-Year-Old Dies At Nassau County Corr…
Bristol, PA
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Second Inmate Dies Within A Month At Bucks County Correctional Facility
For the second time in a month, authorities have announced they are investigating an inmate's death at the Bucks County Correctional Facility. The inmate, a man in his late 30s, was pronounced dead Sunday, July 3, by medical workers at the jail, James O' Malley, Deputy Director of Communications said. Bucks County Detectives and the Department of Corrections Investigations Unit are investigating the man’s death. This is the facility's second death in 30 days and its third death this year. The most recent death at the jail happened Tuesday, June 7. Christopher Robert, 25, of New Hope, died…
Bristol, PA
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Inmate Dies At Bucks County Correctional Facility: Officials
An inmate died at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, county officials announced Thursday, June 9. The inmate, a man in his 30s, was pronounced dead Tuesday, June 7 by medical workers at the jail, James O' Malley, Deputy Director of Communications said. Bucks County Detectives and the Department of Corrections Investigations Unit are investigating the man’s death. The news comes three months after 46-year-old Edwin Dunfee died by suicide at the jail.
Vineland, NJ
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Inmate Dies In Cumberland County Jail: Prosecutor
Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the Cumberland County Jail in Bridgeton. On Tuesday, March 1, at approximately 5:32 p.m, Correctional Police Officers from the Cumberland County Department of Corrections discovered a 54-year-old male who was unresponsive in his cell. His death appeared to be a suicide, but the cause is pending autopsy results, according to Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Officers and medical staff responded and attempted life-saving measures, but were unsuccessful, she said. Notification was made to the Cumberland County …
Bristol, PA
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Inmate Found Dead In Cell At Bucks County Correctional Facility: Officials
An inmate was found dead in his cell at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on Tuesday, March 1, officials confirmed. Authorities found an inmate in his late 40s unresponsive in a cell Tuesday evening, James O' Malley, Deputy Director of Communications for Bucks County said. The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the jail by EMS, O'Malley said. Circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately known. The incident remains under investigation by Bucks County Detectives and the Department of Corrections Investigations Unit.
Lower Paxton, PA
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19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental
Months after an inmate’s death, the Dauphin County district attorney’s office has ruled an inmate’s death accidental. KeJuan Cooke was found unresponsive by his cellmate on March 31, as Daily Voice reported. Cooke's cellmate called for help and prison staff performed CPR, authorities said. The inmate was transported to UPMC Harrisburg where he was declared dead shortly afterwards, as Daily Voice reported. An autopsy performed by Dr. Wayne K. Ross found that Cookie died of complications of bowel inflammation -- colitis and short bowel syndrome, according to Chardo. The manner of death wa…
Bristol, PA
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$8.5M Settlement Reached In Pepper Spray Death Of Philadelphia Inmate
The family of an inmate who died after pepper spray was used on him at a state prison in 2019 will receive an $8.5 million settlement -- the largest settlement for a state prison death in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections filed the agreement for Tyrone Briggs' family on Tuesday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Briggs -- who had asthma -- was arrested at 15 years old for raping a girl two years his junior at gunpoint. He was facing up to 30 years in the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, when a corrections officer tried to break up a f…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Inmate Arrested 1 Week Ago Found Dead In Pennsylvania County Prison Cell
A Dauphin County prisoner-- who only was arrested and arraigned one week ago--was found dead in his cell Wednesday morning, according to county officials. Kyle Joseph Nadwodny, 37 of Harrisburg, was found tied to his bedding around 3 a.m. by a cellmate who alerted a corrections officer for help, as stated in an official release from the county. “Video and other information indicates corrections officers had conducted cell block walk-throughs throughout the night,” officials said in a statement. A Dauphin County Deputy Coroner pronounced him dead at the prison. Nadwodny was incarcerated Ma…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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NJ Attorney General Releases Video Of Incident Involving Deceased Atlantic County Jail Inmate
New Jersey's attorney general released surveillance video Friday of an incident involving a 41-year-old Atlantic County Jail inmate who later died after being taken to a local hospital. Hamilton Township police responding to a trespassing call arrested Mario Terruso, of Mays Landing, shortly after 1 p.m. Sept. 15, 2019, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They processed Terruso and sent him to the county lockup after finding an outstanding warrant, Grewal said. Terruso began feeling ill at the jail, so corrections officers began preparing to transport him to the hospital, the attorney…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Inmate, 19, Dies In Dauphin County Prison
Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old inmate in the Dauphin County Prison. Kejuan Cooke was found unresponsive by his cellmate on Tuesday, police said. The cellmate called for help and prison staff performed CPR, but Cooke was shortly declared deceased. Cooke was arrested at 18 in 2019 for simple assault and was sentenced to serve just under a year, according to court documents. In July 2020, he was arrested on charges two misdemeanors for drug possession and one felony charge for flight to avoid apprehension, trial, punishment. He was in the Dauphin County Prison i…
Hartford, CT
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Covid-
19: Nearly 3,000 CT Prison System Inmates Have Tested Positive, 13 Have Died
Another inmate housed at a Connecticut Department of Corrections facility has died of COVID-19, the agency said, bringing the total number of virus fatalities behind bars in the state to 13 this year. The 69-year-old inmate died on Tuesday, Dec. 22 after he had been treated in an external hospital for seven days. According to the Department of Correction, he was serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child, and was not eligible for parole until April. Due to medical privacy laws, the names of inmates who have succumbed to the di…
Torrington, CT
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Covid-
19: Second Connecticut Inmate Dies From Virus
A second inmate in a Connecticut prison has died after contracting novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the state Department of Corrections announced over the weekend. Officials said that a 57-year-old inmate, whose name has not been released, died on Saturday, April 25. He reportedly started showing symptoms on Wednesday, April 15, and had been quarantined for testing. The inmate - who the Department of Corrections noted had underlying medical issues - was transported to Johnson and Memorial Hospital for treatment following his diagnosis. According to the Department of Corrections, the inmate wa…
