Overview
- Jackson County officials say an inmate was found unresponsive during a routine check and later died at a hospital, and the Indiana State Police have opened an investigation.
- The sheriff's office reported the man had been held in the jail's holding area and was cleared by medical personnel for placement in the general population before he was found unresponsive.
- Jail staff told investigators the inmate had behaved normally earlier and that personnel began lifesaving measures on site before transporting him to Schneck Medical Center.
- This is the second recent death under state review at the facility, following an earlier inmate who was found unresponsive after an apparent suicide attempt and later died in hospital care.
- Officials have not released causes of death while autopsy and toxicology results are pending, and the investigations could lead to scrutiny of the jail's screening, monitoring and emergency procedures.