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A 34-year-old incarcerated man died at Maguire Correctional Facility on Thursday evening. 

Correctional officers at the facility found Matthew Britton unresponsive during a safety and security check, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. 

The county medical staff pronounced the individual deceased at the scene, officials said. 

Britton was found around 5:40 p.m. The coroner’s office is investigating his death, but the sheriff's office said that the individual "likely died of natural causes."

No other information has been made public at this point.

 

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Michelle Iracheta is the editor of the Redwood City Pulse. She began her journalism career in 2013 at a Houston NPR affiliate and has reported for newspapers in California, Texas, Nevada, Washington and...

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