UPDATE: 3/15 7:35 p.m.: The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office has provided more details into a recent death at the Milwaukee County Jail.
The inmate who passed away has been identified as Nicholas Sonsthagen of Milwaukee. He was initially booked into custody on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Later that day, he made statements indicating an intent to cause self-harm and was placed on suicide watch. On Saturday, March 13, Sonsthagen was medically cleared and returned to a general population housing unit.
The sheriff’s office adds they did have correctional officers checking cells every 30 minutes.
ORIGINAL POST:
MILWAUKEE- For the second time in four months, an inmate housed at the Milwaukee County Jail has died.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said that jail staffers found the 41-year old man unresponsive in his cell just before 11:30pm Sunday.
A cause of death was not immediately given. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office will lead an investigation into the man’s death.
The Journal-Sentinel says the inmate’s death is the second suspected suicide in four months at the jail.
