Police Commissioner Dr. Kevin Blake, has instructed the Constabulary’s Inspectorate and Professional Standard Branch, to commence an immediate probe into the circumstances that led to the death of a male prisoner at the Chapleton Lockups in Clarendon this morning. 

Initial reports from the police are that at about 3:15 A.M. lawmen on duty heard unusual sounds coming from one of the cells and made checks.

The male prisoner was seen with a wound, which was reportedly inflicted by other inmates.

He was transported to the May Pen Hospital where he was pronounced dead.