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Lackawanna County warden reports inmate death, staffing pressures and steady jail population
Summary
At a county prison board meeting, the warden reported an average daily population of 628, two August incidents requiring emergency restraints, an inmate found unconscious Sept. 9 who later died, two unfounded PREA complaints, and staffing and overtime pressures; the board voted to accept the report.
The warden of the Lackawanna County Prison reported at a county prison board meeting that the facility’s average daily population for August was 628 inmates and that an inmate found unconscious on Sept. 9 was later declared deceased.
The report said 478 of the August average were county inmates, with 573 adult males, 2 juvenile males and 53 adult females. The warden also reported an average daily population of 144 U.S. Marshals Service detainees and six Susquehanna County detainees.
The warden described three extraordinary occurrences: on Aug. 16 and Aug. 23 staff placed two aggressive detainees in an emergency restraint chair for safety; on Sept. 9 staff found an individual unconscious in a cell, performed CPR, summoned emergency medical services and the…
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