An inmate at Santa Barbara County’s Foremost Jail has died after being discovered unresponsive in his cell and transported to an space hospital early Sunday morning, September 3, based on an announcement launched this morning by the Sheriff’s Workplace.
Within the assertion, Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson Raquel Zick said that the inmate — whose identification is being withheld pending notification of his household — was first booked into the Foremost Jail on Thursday, August 31, on felony costs of driving beneath the affect leading to damage and hit-and-run with accidents, in addition to misdemeanor reckless driving. His bail had been set at $100,000.
“The inmate was housed in a single commentary cell as a result of medical issues together with alcohol detox and was being checked by workers at common intervals,” Zick said. She mentioned that custody deputies found the inmate unresponsive in his cell shortly after midnight on Sunday and started life-saving measures, together with CPR and inserting an automatic exterior defibrillator, with WellPath medical workers. After first responders from County Hearth and American Medical Response have been referred to as to the jail, the inmate was transported by paramedics to a close-by hospital, the place he died a couple of hours later.
The in-custody demise is being investigated by the Sheriff’s Workplace and Coroner’s Bureau, and extra data shall be launched as soon as relations have been notified of the demise and the investigation has concluded, Zick mentioned.
Earlier this summer time, a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury issued 4 blistering experiences laying out in grim element how systemic gaps within the county’s legal justice system led to the deaths of 5 inmates in Santa Barbara County jails final 12 months. These experiences are summarized right here and might be learn in full on-line right here.