COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – An inmate at Kirkland Correctional Institution is dead after he was found unresponsive in his cell Friday night.

According to the Richland County Coroner’s Office, 18-year-old Jamarcus Hykeem Dawkins was found unresponsive in his cell around 9:30 p.m.

Dawkins was taken to Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital where he died shortly before 11:30 p.m.

The Department of Corrections says Dawkins was being held in a unit where inmates are kept separate.

The cause of death has not yet been released.

SLED and the Richland County Coroner’s Office are investigating.