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Inmate Dies At Keys Jail

KEY WEST (CBSMiami) – An inmate at a Stock Island jail died Friday afternoon.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, 29-year-old Glenn Breeland Jr. was discovered in his cell just after 5 p.m.

A press release stated Breeland hanged himself with a  bed sheet.

Nurses and staff at the Monroe County Detention Center said they attempted to perform life-saving measures by using CPR and an AED.

Breeland is from Key Largo and was arrested in May following a domestic battery incident where he allegedly beat and choked his ex-girlfriend.

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