From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:A 26-year-old inmate from the Harford County Detention Center died early Sunday morning after hanging himself in his cell. Deputies immediately began lifesaving efforts and called for medical staff at the detention center and all available deputies to respond and assist. Deputies and medical staff initiated CPR and continued until medics arrived on scene to relieve them, with no success. The inmate, identified as Nathaniel Maurice Powell, Jr., of Middle River, was pronounced deceased at 1:05 a.m.Pursuant to policy, the inquiry into Powell’s death was assumed by detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division. Powell was booked into the Detention Center on January 18 for a domestic related assault.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2023 18:50 UTC