CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — An inmate has died following an incident at a South Carolina prison on Thursday afternoon.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections confirmed on Thursday afternoon that 26-year-old Jerry Wilson Jr. was critically injured in a fight at Turbeville Correctional Institution in Clarendon County.
The state agency said Wilson was taken to an area hospital and later died.
The death, which was declared a homicide, is being investigated by the SCDC inspector general's office and the Clarendon County coroner. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is also assisting.
An autopsy is planned for Wilson but a date was released in Thursday's statement.
