Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post
This file photo of the Adams County Detention Facility was captured on January 23, 2016. 
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An investigation into a death at the Adams County Jail is ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office.
The body of an inmate was found at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday in his assigned cell, the sheriff’s office announced Friday night in a news release.
“The death is under investigation and an autopsy is pending,” the two-paragraph release said.
The inmate was not identified. The sheriff’s office said “no further information will be released at this time.”
![[prison 19] Caption: This is Cellhouse 1, Pod A, from ground level inside the Sterling Correctional Facility which is located outside of Sterling, Colorado Thursday afternoon. Photographer: LEW SHERMAN Title: FREELANCE Credit: SPECIAL TO THE POST City: Sterling State: CO Country: USA Date: 19990617 ObjectName: prison 19 Keyword: PUBDATE____1999_06_22](/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/20151207__denverpostp1.jpg?w=538 "20151207__denverpost~p1.jpg")
