LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --Â An investigation is underway after an inmate at Louisville Metro Corrections died at the hospital on Saturday.
According to jail officials, the man was found by an officer over the weekend after a suicide attempt. On Saturday, the jail was told that the inmate had died after being taken off life support.
LMPD's Public Integrity Unit, along with Metro Corrections Professional Standards Unit will investigate the death as part of "standard practice," according to Metro Corrections Major Darrell Goodlett.Â
In early December, three inmates died inside the Louisville jail within a week.Â
Metro Corrections Union has blamed staff shortages for an uptick in deaths at the jail. Officials at the jail deny that claim, saying the shortages and deaths can't be directly linked.
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