A 32-year-old inmate died Saturday afternoon at the Cumberland County Jail, according to jail authorities.
During a routine round of checks on cells that took place around 2 p.m., one of the correctional officers at the Portland jail discovered an inmate unresponsive in a cell.
The officer called for assistance. Life-saving measures were taken, with the officer joined by jail medical staff and Portland emergency medical services, but efforts to revive the inmate were unsuccessful, Capt. Donald Goulet said. No other details regarding the circumstances of the inmate’s death were provided.
Sheriff Kevin Joyce said Sunday night that authorities are still in the process of notifying the man’s next of kin. His identity won’t be released publicly until then. But Joyce did confirm that the inmate was a 32-year-old male, who was listed as transient. He was being held at the jail on a warrant for failure to appear.
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death of the inmate who died Saturday.
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