Management at the Bordelais Correctional Facility (BCF) is waiting for the results of an autopsy on a 40-year-old female inmate who died a day after being admitted to the facility.
Cecilia Augustin was placed on remand at the Bordelais Correctional Facility on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. She was placed in a one-person cell on the female unit upon her arrival.
According to a press released from the BCF Ms. Augustin complained of a waist ache and the Dennery Fire Station was contacted for assistance around 7:25 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2022. Augustin was transmitted via ambulance to the Dennery Hospital for medical care, in the company of a female correctional officer.
She had been placed in the custody of the BCF on two remand warrants which included possession of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct in public.
The Bordelais Correctional Facility was notified of the passing of Cecilia Augustin
at 20:20 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2022 and has subsequently informed the family of her passing.
Augustin was in the custody of police prior to her admittance at the BCF.