An inmate at the Carbon County Correctional Facility who committed suicide this weekend hanged himself.

Contacted this morning, county Coroner Bruce Nalesnik said that thedeath of the inmate,Travis Schoenberger, 27,of Weatherly, was ruled a suicide.Nalesnik said the autopsy results showed that Schoenberger died of asphyxiation by hanging.Contacted this morning, Warden Timothy Fritz declined to comment because he said the matter is still under investigation by the prison staff.Carbon County Correctional Facility officials reported this weekend that an inmate committed suicide over the weekend, and that Nesquehoning police were called to the scene and a joint investigation between borough police and prison officials was taking place.According to court records, Schoenberger, 27, of Weatherly, pleaded to one count of persistent disorderly conduct.He was sentenced April 14 to three to six months in the county prison.