The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate the death of an inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail.
According to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office, jail staff discovered a 31-year-old black male unresponsive in a housing unit at approximately 10:49 a.m. on July 8.
Keith Sims with the Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office said jail personnel “immediately began life-saving measures” and alerted medical staff. EMS and the Athens-Clarke County Fire Department arrived and continued resuscitation efforts. Despite their efforts, the inmate was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
It is standard protocol for the GBI to be called in for these types of investigations, the sheriff’s office said.
No additional details have been released at this time.
This is at least the third death at the Athens-Clarke County Jail this year. In April, an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell and later died at the hospital. A similar incident occurred in May.
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