The investigation continues into the death of an inmate at SCI Pine Grove, the state prison in White Township.
The State Corrections Department announced yesterday that 32-year-old Luis Santiago was found unresponsive in his cell at 10:05 PM on New Year’s Day. Prison staff administered CPR and Santiago was taken by ambulance to the Indiana Regional Medical Center at 10:52. He was pronounced dead at 11:05 PM.
Indiana County Coroner listed the preliminary cause of death as “trauma at the hands of another”. The investigation is ongoing.
