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Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 15, 2026

An inmate at the Shelby County Division of Corrections has died, officials said Wednesday, the Daily Memphian reports. Demarcus Kerr was found unresponsive at the corrections facility near Shelby Farms and taken to Saint Francis Hospital last week. Kerr died on May 10; the cause of death is unknown pending autopsy results. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will handle the investigation. Several inmate deaths were reported in 2025.