Investigators Look Into Inmate Death
Hawaii Inmate Housed In Ariz. Prison
POSTED: 5:36 pm HST June 9, 2010
UPDATED: 6:18 pm HST June 9, 2010
HONOLULU -- State public safety investigators are heading to Arizona to look into the death of a Hawaii inmate at a private prison.
Clifford Medina, 23, is the second Hawaii inmate to die at the Saquaro Correctional Facility in Eloy, Ariz., in five months.
Public safety director Clayton Frank said Medina was found unresponsive in his cell at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
His cause of death has not yet been determined.
Medina was serving time for multiple offenses including assault against a law enforcement officer, second-degree theft, second-degree burglary and third-degree assault.
On Feb. 18, Bronson Nunuha, of Maui, was killed at the prison.
Two other Hawaii inmates have been charged with murder in Nunuha's death.