A 76-year-old man died Sunday whereas incarcerated at Alaska’s largest jail in what state corrections officers described as an anticipated dying, however supplied no further info.
Bernie Alexia was pronounced useless simply after 7 p.m. at Goose Creek Correctional Middle, in line with the Division of Corrections. Alexia has been in custody since 2002 and was serving a sentence for second-degree homicide.
Foul play was not suspected, however an announcement from the division didn’t embrace details about his reason for dying, which which can be reviewed by the State Medical Examiner’s Workplace and Alaska State Troopers.
Alexia is the eleventh individual to die in custody this yr.
[Two people died this month after just one day in Alaska corrections facilities]