Indiana State Police asked to investigate inmate death at St. Joseph County Jail

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – The Indiana State Police has been requested to investigate the death of an inmate at the St. Joseph County Jail. The Indiana State Police were contacted Thursday morning, July 14, 2022, after jail staff found the inmate unresponsive. 

Jail staff found the female inmate alone and unresponsive in her cell in the medical unit at approximately 8:30 a.m.  Life-saving measures were conducted by jail and medical staff until emergency medical technicians arrived. The female inmate was pronounced deceased at the jail.

An autopsy is scheduled to be completed tomorrow, July 15, 2022, at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, MI.