Shamika Danielle Cunningham
Shamika Danielle Cunningham, 41, was held at Camille Graham Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Columbia, South Carolina. She was found unresponsive in her cell on September 26, 2026, and died at a local hospital on September 28. The South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating her death as a suspected suicide, and no cause of death has been announced. An autopsy was scheduled, and the State Law Enforcement Division, the Richland County Coroner's Office and the corrections department's inspector general are also investigating.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The South Carolina Department of Corrections is investigating the death as a suspected suicide, and no cause has been announced while an autopsy is pending.
Reported by: South Carolina Department of Corrections (the agency that held her); South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (outside investigators); Richland County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner).