Inmate Death at Two Rivers, July 5

An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) inmate died unexpectedly Saturday in a local area hospital. As with all unanticipated deaths in state prisons, the Oregon State Police Criminal Investigation Division is conducting an investigation. Inmate Rigoberto Corono-Avila, 29, was transported off-site for medical care Saturday, July 2, 2016 at approximately 3:00 p.m. He was pronounced deceased on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 6:32 a.m. He had been housed at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla. Corono-Avila entered DOC custody on December 9, 2010, on one count of sex abuse in the first degree, one count of felony assault in the fourth degree, and one count of sex abuse in the second degree out of Marion County. His earliest release date was January 3, 2017. Next of kin has been notified.