(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This Oct. 17, 2023 file photo shows the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint after five inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility treats those with mental illness unfairly, under proposed settlement filed Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An Allegheny County Jail inmate has died and an investigation into his death began. Allegheny County confirmed that a 38-year-old man died on Saturday afternoon. Jail staff called a medical emergency just after 2:30 p.m., and the healthcare workers performed lifesaving measures until paramedics were able to get to the inmate. The man was pronounced dead at 3:13 p.m. Allegheny County Police were notified of this incident, and the family of the inmate was notified of his death. The cause of his death was not made available. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office expressed that the man was later identified as Mark Schwartz.