Officials are investigating the weekend death of an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene.
William Kitchen, 55, was found unresponsive in his cell around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a release issued by prison Superintendent Michael Zaken. The release indicated employees at the prison were conducting security rounds on a housing unit when they discovered Kitchen.
Staff and medical personnel responded to the unit, and Kitchen was pronounced dead by the emergency medical services personnel.
In accordance with state policy, state police were notified and will conduct an investigation of Kitchen s death. The official cause of death will be determined by the Greene County Coronerâs Office, Zaken noted.