Name not reported
A man died on July 18, 2016, while held at the Jessup Correctional Institution in Jessup, Maryland. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said he had an apparent seizure, and its spokesman Gerard Shields said staff and other people held at the prison tried to help and called medics. A paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene. The department withheld his name until his next of kin were notified, and his body was sent to the Maryland State Medical Examiner.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. DPSCS spokesman Gerard Shields said the man had an apparent seizure before he was pronounced dead, and the cause is not yet determined.
Reported by: DPSCS spokesman Gerard Shields (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.