When the incident happened, Alfred Rios was inside a dayroom in the jail's medical ward. Lifesaving measures were performed before he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An inmate inside the Harris County Jail was confirmed to have died after suffering a medical emergency on Saturday, according to officials.A man who has been in custody since March 2021 at the Harris County Jail died on Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.
Lifesaving measures and CPR were performed on Rios before he was taken to a local hospital by the Houston Fire Department.According to the sheriff's office, Rios had no apparent physical injuries. His death was reported to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and is being investigated by the Texas Rangers, which is in accordance with state law that requires an outside agency to investigate all jail deaths.
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