DARIEN, Ga. (WTOC) - An inmate being held at the McIntosh County Detention Center has died, according to a news release from the McIntosh County Office of the Sheriff WTOC just received.

The release states that, around 5:30 p.m. today, October 17, 2025, corrections staff at the McIntosh County Detention Center discovered an unresponsive inmate in their housing unit.

“Detention staff immediately began life-saving measures, assisted by medical personnel from Genisys Health Alliance, the detention center’s medical provider,” the release says.

McIntosh County Emergency Services also responded and continued resuscitation efforts, according to the sheriff’s office, but “despite these efforts, the individual was pronounced deceased at the facility.”

The sheriff’s office identifies the decease

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