A 35-year-old man died at Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans early Sunday, according to Vermont State Police.
The man, who authorities did not immediately identify, became unresponsive in the prison’s booking area at around 6:32 a.m., state police said in a press release later Sunday. Department of Corrections employees provided emergency care and called first responders, according to police, but the man was pronounced dead at the prison at 6:49 a.m.
Corrections staff notified state police of the death shortly thereafter, and state police are investigating — as is standard protocol in all Vermont prison deaths.
Police said early information “indicates the death is not suspicious, but the circumstances remain under investigation.” The state’s Chief Medical Examiner’s Office is expected to perform an autopsy.
Sunday’s death is the 10th in a Vermont prison this year and the second in recent months at Northwest State. In July, 37-year-old Shawn Gardner died at the St. Albans prison. Authorities later said the cause was an accidental overdose involving fentanyl, xylazine and cocaine.
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