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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Nov 11, 2025

Christopher Steele, an inmate at the Shelby County Jail, died on Friday, marking at least the 10th such fatality and the third in 10 days. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, and no cause of death has been given yet. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. announced last week that hundreds of inmates at the overcrowded facility would be moved to other nearby jails in an effort to combat that overcrowding. The Daily Memphian has more on the developments.