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The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a female inmate at the Maple Street Correctional Center early Monday morning.
At about 6 a.m., jail guards were notified that a woman was having some kind of apparent medical emergency inside the general population pod where she was housed, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Guards provided “lifesaving measures” until jail medical staff arrived, and fire and EMS personnel were also called into the jail in Redwood City, but the 31-year-old inmate was pronounced dead at the scene, according to sheriff’s officials.
The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Bureau will each do an independent investigation into how the woman died and the circumstances surrounding her death.
The woman’s name will be released following notification of her family by the Coroner’s Office.
In accordance with state law, the California Board of State and Community Corrections is also being notified.
