HAZELTON, W.Va. — Investigations are underway after two inmates died at the federal prison in Hazelton Saturday.
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Jevonte Green, 36, was found unresponsive in the Preston County-based lock-up while Marcelino Heredia, 48, died of an “apparent assault.”
The BOP said Green had been an inmate at Hazelton for less than a month, Heredia had been there since September 2022.
The deaths were announced in separate news releases.