The in-custody death of an inmate is the third in 2025 in York County, South Carolina, where the sheriff operates the jail.

The inmate collapsed in the shower shortly after 4:50 p.m., prompting other inmates to alert the detention center staff.

Despite the York County Sheriff’s Office asking a judge to send one of their former employees to prison for tarnishing the badge by having sex with an inmate, a judge accepted a plea deal for ...