MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An inmate died while at the Shelby County jail Friday morning, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The inmate has been identified as 60-year-old Lawrence Sumlin.

Close security inmates require "heightened supervision," according to the Tennessee Department of Correction. Nashville attorney Ben Raybin, in the lawsuit, argues that CoreCivic lacked ...

By 4:28 a.m., medical personnel had pronounced Weakley dead. The apparent cause of death ... Shelby County Jail inmate dies at hospital after 'medical emergency,' sheriff investigating Memphis ...

(WBOY) — An inmate was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at the United States Penitentiary ... He was sentenced in the Eastern District of Tennessee. USP Hazelton has come under ...