Marvell Reasonover was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday. Then Friday, Melvin Turner was found in his bed at the Cook County jail.
Two Cook County inmates died while in custody last week, one of whom was beaten to death in the maximum security wing.
About 5:10 p.m. Thursday, correctional staff at the jail found Reasonover unresponsive in his cell and "immediately began life-saving measures," the Cook County sheriff's office said in a statement. Reasonover was in custody for having a weapon as a felon in August 2020 when Chicago police officers found a loaded weapon in a vehicle he was in, the sheriff's office said. He admitted to officers that the weapon was his.
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