Federal inmate dies in southern Colorado prison

Prisoner dies at penitentiary in Florence

The Gazette's media partner KOAA reported Monday evening that the DOJ has announced that 43-year-old Theodore Clifton Matthews was found unresponsive around 2:15 a.m.

Federal inmate dies in southern Colorado prison

A federal inmate at a high-security prison in southern Colorado died in custody Monday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Theodore Matthews, a 43-year-old man who was convicted in Maryland in 2014 of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, was found unresponsive in the federal prison in Florence at about 2:15 a.m. Monday, according to a news release from the department. Employees tried to give Matthews medical assistan…

Inmate death reported at US Penitentiary in Beaumont

BEAUMONT — An inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont was found unresponsive and has died. Responding employees initiated life-saving measures. Emergency medical services were requested while life-saving efforts continued. The inmate, identified as Amadeo M. Lailes, 31, was transported by EMS to a local hospital and subsequently pronounced dead by hospital personnel. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified. No employees or …