Jones and another 35-year-old inmate were found unresponsive in their housing unit about 8 p.m. Monday.
After life-saving measures were provided, including CPR and naloxone administration, correctional officers and medical staff had the men taken to Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus.
Jones, who was admitted in critical condition, died about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The second inmate, who was admitted in stable condition, fully recovered and has been returned to the Smyrna-area facility.
Jones body was turned over to the state Division of Forensic Science to determine the cause of death. A death investigation is being conducted by Delaware State Police and is pending at this time, Shavack said.
Jones and another 35-year-old inmate were found unresponsive in their housing unit about 8 p.m. Monday.
After life-saving measures were provided, including CPR and naloxone administration, correctional officers and medical staff had the men taken to Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus.
Jones, who was admitted in critical condition, died about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The second inmate, who was admitted in stable condition, fully recovered and has been returned to the Smyrna-area facility.
Jones body was turned over to the state Division of Forensic Science to determine the cause of death. A death investigation is being conducted by Delaware State Police and is pending at this time, Shavack said.
Inmate convicted in deaths of girlfriend, 2 children in 2010 Delaware City fire dies in prison Esteban Parra, Delaware News Journal
Headlines February 4, 2021 UP NEXT
A 35-year-old inmate has died after correctional officers found him and another prisoner unresponsive in their James T. Vaughn Correctional Center housing unit, the Delaware Department of Correction said on Thursday.
Travis M. Jones death is being investigated as an apparent overdose, said Paul G. Shavack, the DOC s Deputy Bureau Chief of Prisons. Jones was serving a prison sentence for causing the 2010 deaths of his girlfriend and two children.
Delaware news:
Jones and another 35-year-old inmate were found unresponsive in their housing unit about 8 p.m. Monday.
Inmate convicted in deaths of girlfriend, 2 children in 2010 Delaware City fire dies in prison Esteban Parra, Delaware News Journal
Headlines February 4, 2021 UP NEXT
A 35-year-old inmate has died after correctional officers found him and another prisoner unresponsive in their James T. Vaughn Correctional Center housing unit, the Delaware Department of Correction said on Thursday.
Travis M. Jones death is being investigated as an apparent overdose, said Paul G. Shavack, the DOC s Deputy Bureau Chief of Prisons. Jones was serving a prison sentence for causing the 2010 deaths of his girlfriend and two children.
Delaware news:
Jones and another 35-year-old inmate were found unresponsive in their housing unit about 8 p.m. Monday.