NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Coroner’s Office has announced the identity of an inmate who died while in the custody of the Al Cannon Detention Center.

Mary Brucato, 23, of Ladson, was named as the person who died.

Spokesperson Lexi Douglas says deputies, the North Charleston Fire Department and Charleston County EMS all responded after receiving reports of an unresponsive inmate a little after 3 p.m. Monday.

The inmate, now identified as Brucatom was declared dead while still at the jail.

Sheriff Carl Ritchie has requested that the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division investigate this death.

Following protocol, the Office of Professional Standards for the Sheriff’s Office will be conducting an internal review.

Brucato’s cause of death is still pendin

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