Crime & Safety
Female Inmate Dies In Riverside County Jail Cell
The coroner's office will determine the cause of the inmate's death and an investigation was underway at the jail.
RIVERSIDE, CA — A female inmate died Sunday at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
The inmate was discovered unresponsive in her cell about 3:35 p.m. at the lockup in the 4000 block of Orange Street, according to Riverside County Sheriff's Correctional Captain Victoria Varisco-Flores.
"Custody staff and jail medical staff immediately administered lifesaving measures. American Medical Response and Riverside Fire personnel also responded and assumed lifesaving measures," Varisco-Flores said. "Ultimately, paramedics from Riverside Fire Department pronounced the female inmate deceased at 4:08 p.m."
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The coroner's office will determine the cause of the inmate's death and an investigation was underway at the jail, she said.
"There are no signs of foul play and due to the ongoing status of the investigation, no further information is available at this time," according to Varisco-Flores.
