Madison Bailee DealThe Hamilton County Sheriff is being asked to investigate the death of a woman inmate of Silverdale Correctional Facility.
Madison Bailee Deal, 26, was arrested Aug. 10 on a charge of violating probation, county records show.
A family member told the Times Free Press that Deal was assaulted at Silverdale and was in a coma at Erlanger.
Officials with Corrections Corporation of America, which operates Silverdale, did not return phone calls and messages seeking comment Thursday.
Melydia Clewell, spokeswoman for District Attorney Neal Pinkston, said the DA learned of the woman's death and asked Sheriff Jim Hammond's office to investigate.
Read the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office press release below:
For Immediate Release: August 18, 2016
HCSO Requested by District Attorney to Investigate In-Custody Death at Silverdale
Hamilton County, TN – The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has been requested by the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office to investigate an "in custody" death of an inmate at the CCA facility.
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Investigators are currently in the preliminary stages of the investigation and in accordance with our procedure regarding on-going investigations, no information is available to be released from the HSCO at this time.