Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at Jessup Correctional Institution,
According to MSP, the agency’s Homicide Unit was notified around 8 p.m. on Dec. 13 by investigators with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Internal Investigative Unit following the death of an inmate inside the facility.
Preliminary findings indicate that the inmate, identified as 23-year-old Deon Smith, was found unresponsive inside Building F. Emergency medical services personnel at the correctional institution responded but pronounced Smith dead at the scene, police said…