A woman has died in a police cell at Worthing.
The 32-year-old woman, who has not yet been formally identified, was found unconscious at Worthing Custody Centre at 1.35pm on Sunday.
Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at 2pm.
Sussex Police said the woman had been arrested on suspicion of shoplifting in Worthing on Saturday afternoon.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "The coroner's officer and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) were informed as a matter of standard policy.
"Sussex Police professional standards department and an IPCC investigator have attended the Centre and the IPCC are currently considering their level of involvement.
"Her family have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this distressing time.
"A postmortem is currently being arranged and the time and place have not yet been confirmed.
"Until that has taken place we are unable to comment on any cause of her death."
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