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.