Name not reported
The Rhode Island state prison agency said a person held at the Intake Service Center died by suicide, one of three such deaths in state prisons in recent months. The agency's statement says correctional officers found them unresponsive in their room, and that the person was taken to an outside hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The agency did not release the person's name or the date of death, and the Rhode Island State Police are investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. J.R. Ventura, chief of information and public relations for the Rhode Island state prison agency, said the person died by suicide and that officers found them unresponsive, began CPR and waited for rescue.
Reported by: Rhode Island state prison agency (J.R. Ventura, Chief of Information & Public Relations Officer) (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.