UNNAMED MALE INMATE

INMATE AT JESSUP PRISON FOUND DEAD IN CELL
Baltimore man, 46, was serving life sentence for murder; cellmate questioned

From the Baltimore Sun
Copyright © 2006, The Baltimore Sun
By Greg Garland
Sun Reporter
June 26, 2006

A 46-year-old inmate at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup died early Sunday after authorities found him unresponsive in his cell and were unable to revive him, officials said.

A prison system spokesman said investigators are trying to determine what led to the death of the inmate, who was from Baltimore and was serving a life sentence for murder.

Spokesman George Gregory said there were no stab wounds or other obvious signs that the death might have been a homicide. The inmate was discovered about 5:40 a.m. after his cellmate called out to authorities that the man was unconscious, according to the prison system spokesman.

Medical personnel attempted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and later called for an ambulance crew from Anne Arundel County Medical Services, Gregory said. The inmate was pronounced dead at 8:20 a.m. at the prison, he said.

State police have been called in to investigate, Gregory said, and have questioned the man's cellmate. He declined to identify the man, who had been in prison since 1997, pending notification of his relatives.

RODNEY JENNINGS

INMATE ROAD CREWS ENDED AFTER FATALITY

Associated Press
baltimoresun.com
Regional Digest
August 25, 2007

A state prison inmate who was hit by a truck and killed Thursday while working along the Capital Beltway was identified yesterday as Rodney Jennings, 28, who had been serving a two-year sentence for possession of drugs with intent to distribute.

Maj. Priscilla Doggett, a spokeswoman for the Division of Correction, said the prison system is suspending road work crews from the Herman L. Toulson Boot Camp in Jessup until better safety standards can be established.

The incident was the second fatality involving a Division of Correction highway crew member in the past three months. Doggett said the agency is concerned that there have been two fatal accidents so close together. She said the state had never had an inmate road-crew fatality before June.

"There is no indication that there were any procedural errors that contributed to this accident," she said. "We will take the moment to reflect - to look back on this - to see if there are any additional precautions we can take."

Police said Jennings was working on a trash-removal detail shortly after 10 a.m. near Interstate 495 and Landover Road with five other male inmates from the boot camp.

A State Highway Administration safety vehicle and a prison passenger van were closing a ramp to let the workers cross from the center median to the right shoulder when a dump truck drove around the safety vehicles and struck Jennings as he tried to cross.

He was taken by ambulance to Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the dump truck, identified as Wayne H. Gross, 38, of Clinton, remained at the scene and was unhurt. No charges had been filed, but investigators were planning to present evidence to the Prince George's County state's attorney's office.

Police said the inmates were wearing the required fluorescent-green safety vests and were being supervised by correctional officers, who administered first aid before an ambulance arrived.

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