Alcorn County Jail staff found an inmate unresponsive during routine cell checks Tuesday morning around 6:30 a.m., according to sheriff’s officials. The inmate was housed alone in a single cell at the time.
Jail staff immediately began CPR and called for medical assistance. Magnolia EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the inmate dead, authorities said.
Alcorn County deputies and investigators secured the area as the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was called in to conduct an independent investigation. The county coroner will transport the body to the State Crime Lab for an autopsy, officials said.
More information will be released as it becomes available, authorities added.
Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.
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