INMATE SUICIDE IN CAMP VERDE JAIL UNDER INVESTIGATION

A CONVICTED BURGLER SERVING HIS SENTENCE IN THE YAVAPAI COUNTY JAIL HAS APPARENTLY TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE.

THE 21-YEAR-OLD INMATE WAS FOUND IN A CELL UNRESPONSIVE ON FEBRUARY 18TH AT 11 AM.  HE HAD MANAGED TO DISASSEMBLE JAIL-ISSUED CLOTHING AND FORMED A LIGATURE TO RESTRICT HIS BREATHING.  

DETENTION DEPUTIES ADMINISTERED CPR WHILE WAITING FOR FIRE AND EMS TO RESPOND. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS PRONOUNCED THE INMATE DECEASED SHORTLY AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL. 

THE INMATE HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO 180 DAYS JAIL TIME ON JAN 5TH FOR BURGLARY, AFTER AN ARREST BY THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER.

THE YOUNG MAN WAS AWAITING A BED IN A TREATMENT FACILITY WHEN HE TRAGICALLY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. 

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.