Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 27-year-old female inmate on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at approximately 12:08 PM, in the jail at Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, 23740 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia.
Detectives have learned that while conducting a security check of the station jail, Santa Clarita Valley Station personnel found Inmate Jenna Coleman, who was lying on her bed in her cell, unresponsive. Los Angeles County Fire Rescue Paramedics responded and pronounced Coleman dead.
Coleman was arrested on Thursday, June 26, 2014, by Santa Clarita deputies for Possession of a Controlled Substance. She was being held in lieu of $10, 000 bail.
The cause of death is not yet known. It will be determined by Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office personnel.
There is no more information available at this time.
Whenever the death of an inmate occurs in the Los Angeles County jail system, multiple independent investigations immediately begin at the scene. These include separate investigations by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau, Sheriff’s Internal Affairs Bureau, and Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Justice System Integrity Division personnel from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office intend to attend the autopsy. Once concluded, every aspect of the death is reviewed by the Sheriff’s Executive Death Review Committee.