Three unrelated deaths so far this year occurred within in the Montgomery County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities, officials reported.
While the deaths are still being investigated, corrections department officials said that all three were medical in nature. Autopsies by the Medical Examiner’s office are being conducted on all three individuals.
The department announced it is cooperating with the State’s Attorney’s Office, Montgomery County Police and the Medical Examiner’s office.
In the first case, an incarcerated person at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Clarksburg was found unresponsive at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 9. Life saving measures were performed by the facility’s staff, and the person was taken to Holy Cross Hospital.
The following morning, Holy Cross Hospital officials reported that the individual “had a significant medical event. The person died at the hospital at about 12:30 p.m. Montgomery County Police reviewed the incident and found no signs of foul play, according to a news release from the corrections department.
In the second incident, at 10:43 p.m. on Jan. 10, the corrections department was informed that an incarcerated person who had been receiving care at Holy Cross Hospital since Jan. 3 had died of a “significant medical diagnoses.”
In the third incident, a medical emergency was declared at a housing unit at the Clarksburg facility on Jan. 11 at 4:36 p.m. Staff began life saving measures, as did Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service staff. That person was declared dead at 5:07 p.m. No signs of foul play were observed, according to the corrections department.
