GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A female inmate at the Brown County Jail committed suicide over the weekend.
According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, the inmate was found at 10:13 p.m. Sunday hanging from her cell.
Correctional staff released her and began to perform CPR. They were able, officials say, to revive the inmate to the point of obtaining a pulse.
The inmate was then taken to a nearby hospital, where she died a few hours later.
The Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office is contacting next of kin and have not released her identity. Support services to staff involved in the rescue attempt are being provided by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office Jail POST Team (Police Officer Support Team).
