Michael James Morris
Michael Morris, 34, died in custody at the Pickens County jail in Pickens County, South Carolina, on September 26, 2015. According to WYFF, he was found hanging from a sheet in a bathroom at about 2 a.m. that Saturday. The outlet reported that he was housed alone in an arraignment room being used as a cell because the jail was overcrowded. Sheriff Rick Clark asked the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to investigate the death. Incarceration Transparency's records list the death as a suicide by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said the man was found hanging from a sheet in a bathroom at the jail, and the death was referred to SLED for investigation; Incarceration Transparency records list it as suicide by hanging.
Reported by: Pickens County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Incarceration Transparency.