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Spokane jail records 6th inmate death in 13 months

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Officials at the Spokane County Jail are trying to determine why yet another inmate has died in his cell.

The death occurred Tuesday afternoon, and the name of the inmate has not been released. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office says there are no obvious signs of the cause of death.

The Spokesman-Review reports that this is the sixth inmate who has died at the jail in the past 13 months.

Three of those inmates died after hanging themselves with bedsheets. One appears to have died of complications of alcohol withdrawal.

And the sheriff’s office continues to investigate the death of a 31-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a cell he shared with another inmate on the evening of June 13.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com

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