CAYUGA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COOPERATING WITH INMATE DEATH INVESTIGATION

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The Cayuga County Sheriff's Department says it's cooperating fully with the state Attorney General and Department of Corrections as they investigate the death of an inmate at the County Jail.

The inmate, a man who has not been identified, was found unresponsive in his cell at about 7:30AM on Thanksgiving Day. He was transported to an area hospital for emergency care and died the next day.

Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck says cells are checked routinely during the overnight.

 

Schenck says his department is conducing its own internal investigation of the death.

Listen to my full Flx Ted Podcast conversation with the Sheriff below.