Prisoner dies at Oneida Co. Correctional Facility
Just before 3 pm on Sunday, February 16, a corrections officer found the male — whose identity has not been released — unresponsive in his cell. Medical personnel were immediately on the scene responded and began life-saving efforts. The prisoner was eventually taken to the Wynn Hospital in Utica, where he was pronounced dead.
Maciol says that the identity of the prisoner will not be released pending the notification of his next of kin. Further details of the incident will be released by the Oneida County Sheriff's Office as soon as it is available.
Per New York State Law, the New York State Attorney General's Office will be initiating an investigation, and Maciol says that the Sheriff's office will be cooperating with that investigation. Maciol also said that the Sheriff's Office will be taking on their own investigation into the incident, as well as the New York State Department of Corrections.
Oneida County Sheriffs were assisted at the scene by the Stanwix Heights Fire Department and Kunkel Ambulance.
This is an ongoing investigation. We will provide more information as it becomes available to us.
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