The Monday night incident marks the second death at the jail this year.
A corrections officer on rounds about 10:15 p.m. found Jose Flores, 61, unresponsive in his cell. An effort was made to resuscitate Flores, but he was pronounced dead, a news release Tuesday from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.
Flores was booked into the jail on January 16 on suspicion of multiple charges of aggravated assault and terrorism.Earlier this month, a doctor responded to a housing unit at the jail to do a follow-up on Yunan Mohammed Altib Tutu, 26, after corrections officers said that he was not eating. Tutu was found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead.
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