The Vermont State Police is investigating the death of an inmate at Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. Police said the 37-year-old man became unresponsive in the shower area at the facility at about 6:35 p.m. Wednesday. They said corrections staff provided emergency medical care and called first responders to the prison but the inmate died at the correctional facility.As standard protocol, the Department of Corrections notified the Vermont State Police of the death and a detective responded to Northwest State to perform a death investigation. Police don’t believe the death is suspicious, but the circumstances remain under investigation. An autopsy, including toxicology testing, will be performed at the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of death.The investigation is ongoing. Police are not releasing the man’s name until they notify family.
The Vermont State Police is investigating the death of an inmate at Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.
Police said the 37-year-old man became unresponsive in the shower area at the facility at about 6:35 p.m. Wednesday.
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They said corrections staff provided emergency medical care and called first responders to the prison but the inmate died at the correctional facility.
As standard protocol, the Department of Corrections notified the Vermont State Police of the death and a detective responded to Northwest State to perform a death investigation.
Police don’t believe the death is suspicious, but the circumstances remain under investigation.
An autopsy, including toxicology testing, will be performed at the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington to determine the cause and manner of death.
The investigation is ongoing. Police are not releasing the man’s name until they notify family.
