Inmate dead one day after arriving at federal correctional institution
By Josh Wallace
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EL RENO, Oklahoma (KOCO) — An investigation is underway after an inmate was found unresponsive at the Federal Correctional Institution El Reno and died on Thursday, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons officials.
Officials said Dujuan Cole, 44, was found unresponsive at the facility at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday.
“Responding employees initiated life-saving measures. Emergency medical services (EMS) were requested while life-saving efforts continued,” officials said in a news release.
Cole was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
Cole was sentenced in the Southern District of Illinois to a 120-month sentence for distributing methamphetamine, officials said. He had been in custody at the facility since Wednesday.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified of his death.
“No employees or other incarcerated individuals were injured and at no time was the public in danger,” officials said in the news release.
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