{"id":211896,"date":"2026-06-05T21:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211896\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:07:17","slug":"sci-fayette-inmate-found-unresponsive-in-cell-pronounced-dead-at-pittsburgh-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211896\/","title":{"rendered":"SCI Fayette inmate found unresponsive in cell, pronounced dead at Pittsburgh hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">An inmate\u2019s death at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">SCI Fayette Superintendent Tina Walker says inmate Alan Sloan, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Staff conducted life-saving measures on Sloan before medics arrived and began advanced life support treatment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sloan was taken to Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital but later flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:48 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Per standard policy, state police are investigating, Walker says. The Allegheny County Coroner\u2019s Office will determine the cause and manner of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Sloan\u2019s next of kin have been notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Walker says Sloan has been at SCI Fayette since Nov. 21, 2022, serving a five-to-ten-year sentence for a robbery conviction out of Allegheny County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An inmate\u2019s death at the State Correctional Institution at Fayette is under investigation. 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