Jail inmate died from fentanyl overdose, autopsy says
Attorneys told The Daily Memphian late last year conditions with Shelby County Jail’s intake process, including long wait times for booking and processing (exceeding 40 hours, according to the most recent jail report card) and inadequate living conditions, are “disgusting.” (Courtesy Shelby County Sheriff’s Office)
Justin Segerson, 41, was found unresponsive at the jail Jan. 30 and was taken to Methodist University Hospital where he died the next day.
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Shelby County Jail Fentanyl 201 PoplarAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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