An investigation is underway into the death a male inmate in the Kitsap County Jail, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office.

KCSO reported that corrections officers found the inmate in his cell about 7:10 a.m. Jan. 2 and he was pronounced dead at the scene by South Kitsap Fire and Rescue emergency medical personal.

The Kitsap County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Timothy Lawrence Prince, 35, from Central Kitsap.

Prince was being detained in a pre-trial status. He had been arrested and booked into jail on Sept. 22, for escape from community custody by Washington State Department of Corrections, KCSO reported.

A probable cause charge of harassment was filed at the time of his booking from an earlier investigation conducted by Bremerton police.

An additional charge of custodial assault was filed Dec. 16 after Prince resisted a change in custody movement within the jail and assaulted a corrections supervisor.

Total bail for all charges was $200,000.

KCSO reported that Prince’s death is an apparent suicide. Since this incident occurred while the inmate was in the custody of KCSO, the investigation is being conducted by an outside agency — Port Orchard Police Department —  per standard operating procedure. Kitsap Critical Incident Response Team is assisting in the investigation.

The release of further details concerning this inquiry is under the purview of Port Orchard police.

Following an autopsy, the coroner will issue a determination as to cause and manner of death.