FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2016 SCI Benner Township Reports Inmate Death Bellefonte, PA Correctional Institution at Benner Township Deputy Superintendent Bobbi – Jo Salamon reports the death of an inmate. Corrections Officers found inmate Daniel Rowe, 38, unconscious in his cell at approximately 12:13 a.m. on September 30. The officers provided immediate emergency first aid until facility medical personnel arrived. Inmate Rowe was transferred to Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College by Pleasant Gap Ambulance personnel. He was pronounced dead at 1:04 a.m. Pennsylvania State Police Barracks at Rockview will conduct an investigation. The official cause of death will be determined by the Centre County Coroner’s Office. Rowe was serving a 13-months-to-3-year sentence for retail theft on a Lancaster County conviction. He was sent to SCI Benner Township for a parole violation on August 4. Facility staff has notified the inmate’s next-of-kin. Media contact: Amy Worden, 717-728-4026 or Holly Becker-Bachik, 814-353-3630 ###
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2016 SCI Benner Township Reports Inmate Death Bellefonte, PA – Correctional Institution at Benner Township Deputy Superintendent Bobbi Jo Salamon reports the death of an inmate. Corrections Officers found inmate Daniel Rowe, 38, unconscious in his cell at approximately 12:13 a.m. on September 30. The officers provided immediate emergency first aid until facility medical personnel arrived. Inmate Rowe was transferred to Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College by Pleasant Gap Ambulance personnel. He was pronounced dead at 1:04 a.m. Pennsylvania State Police Barracks at Rockview will conduct an investigation. The official cause of death will be determined by the Centre County Coroner’s Office. Rowe was serving a 13-months-to-3-year sentence for retail theft on a Lancaster County conviction. He was sent to SCI Benner Township for a parole violation on August 4. Facility staff has notified the inmate’s next-of-kin. Media contact: Amy Worden, 717-728-4026 or Holly Becker-Bachik, 814-353-3630 ###
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