UPDATE: Inmate Who Died at Monroe County Jail Identified

UPDATE: The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who died at the county jail as 62-year-old Brian Harmon of Rochester.

Original story:

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate at the county jail.

Deputies found the man in his 60s unresponsive in a cell yesterday and started life-saving measures.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital an hour later.

The man had been in custody since September 22 for a parole violation and was being housed in a medical unit.

His name is being withheld.

Per agency protocol, the sheriff's Criminal Investigations Section and Internal Affairs are conducting investigations.


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