Suffolk County House of Corrections inmate dies after "apparent fight"
BOSTON – Police are investigating after an inmate died early Wednesday morning at the Suffolk County House of Corrections.
The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department identified the inmate as 45-year-old Carl Taylor. He was being held as a safe-keep for Bristol County Superior Court for pending charges of assault and battery and intimidating a witness.
The sheriff's department Taylor got into a physical fight with the other inmate in his cell shortly after 3 a.m. Taylor was brought to the medical unit and was treated for a cut to his lip but refused further treatment.
While he was being held in the Medical Housing Unit, the sheriff's department said custody staff found him unresponsive and he was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 5 a.m.
Boston police are now investigating the incident.