The Aiken County Sheriff's Department has asked SLED to investigate the mysterious death of a detention center inmate who was found unresponsive in the shower area Thursday night. The prisoner was transported to the Aiken Regional Medical Center where he later died.
The man, who had been convicted, and was awaiting transfer to a state penitentiary, was not identified. The county detention center handles about 450 people who are awaiting trial, serving short sentences or are waiting to be transported to another state facility.