A person was discovered lifeless early Friday inside a jail cell on the Richmond Police Division, police mentioned.
Authorities didn't determine the inmate instantly, pending notification of family. A jail watchperson discovered the person in his mattress and unresponsive throughout a routine verify, Richmond police Sgt. Aaron Pomeroy mentioned.
“Nothing seems out of the peculiar,” Pomeroy mentioned. “There aren't any indicators of foul play.”
There additionally have been no apparent indicators of suicide, Pomeroy mentioned.
Richmond’s police division has a short lived holding facility at which they'll maintain inmates for as much as 24 hours till they’re transferred to a county jail.
It’s unclear at this level if the inmate was by himself or had others within the jail cell with him, Pomeroy mentioned.
“We now have 5 cells, and most of them are singles,” Pomeroy mentioned. “A few the cells can home two or three (inmates). We don’t sometimes home greater than 5 or 6 at one given time. We sometimes make transportation journeys to the county jail a minimum of two instances a day. Usually, they don’t keep anyplace close to 24 hours.”
The inmate had been delivered to the jail after being arrested on an excellent warrant, Pomeroy mentioned. It was not recognized instantly when he’d been booked into the jail.
Fireplace crews and paramedics responded when the invention was made and pronounced the person lifeless on the scene.
Pomeroy mentioned police are treating the incident as if they might a police capturing. The case additionally might be investigated by the Contra Costa County District Lawyer’s Workplace
“Anytime any individual dies in our custody, the protocols are the identical,” he mentioned.