SCI Houtzdale reports inmate death

SCI Houtzdale reports inmate death

HOUTZDALE — David Close, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale reported that inmate Merritt Dudas, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday, Oct. 20.

SCI Houtzdale Reports Inmate Death

HOUTZDALE – David Close, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale reported that inmate Merritt Dudas, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell on October 20. Prison staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until emergency medical personnel arrived. Dudas was pronounced deceased at 3:21 p.m. Dudas was serving a 21-year-to-43-year sentence for Murder (3rd Degree) on a Chester County conviction. He has be…

Death Of Prison Inmate Under Investigation

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has initiated a death investigation following the reported death of an inmate at SCI Houtzdale.  Thirty-six-year-old Merritt Dudas, who was serving a 21- to 43-year sentence for a third-degree murder conviction in Chester County, was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday afternoon.  According to DOC officials, prison staff attempted life-saving measures, but Dudas was pronounced deceased at approxima…