A 38-year-old inmate died in custody following a medical emergency at a Southern California jail, authorities announced Wednesday.
Corrections staff and jail medical personnel responded to one of the day rooms at the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta after deputies reported the emergency Tuesday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
Responders administered medical aid and assisted arriving paramedics, who transported the inmate — identified as Joel Rodriguez of Lake Elsinore — to Loma Linda University Medical Center. Rodriguez was later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the sheriff’s department…