An inmate at the Bulloch County Jail who was found non-responsive in his cell early Friday was taken to East Georgia Regional Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

According to an email release from Chief Deputy Bill Black with the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, the inmate’s cellmate contacted the control room via intercom about the man’s condition.

Floor officers entered the dormitory of the general population housing area and began rendering assistance. The cell block was secured so EMS personnel so could administer to the inmate immediately upon arrival.

The decedent's body will be transported to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Pooler for an autopsy.

No other information was released. The deceased inmate's identity will be withheld pending notification of next of kin, the release stated.