ROCKFORD, IL — A female inmate has died at the Winnebago County Jail.
According to a news release from the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, correctional officers found the the female inmate, who was not identified, unresponsive in her cell on Aug. 14.
Officers immediately began lifesaving measures, and the inmate was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead, the release states.
Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana has asked that the Winnebago Boone Investigative Cooperative conduct an independent investigation into the inmate’s death.
That investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time.
Another female inmate was found unresponsive in her cell on Dec. 7. She was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Her death was ruled to be the result of a “cardiac arrhythmia caused by left ventricular hypertrophy,” according to an investigation.
Corina Curry is the editor of the Rockford Register Star. She can be reached at rrstar.com.
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