An investigation is under way into the death of a Richmond jail inmate, identified as Zohnnelle Van Williams, 41. Williams, who had been charged with drug possession and trespassing, entered the jail Friday and was found unresponsive Saturday at 5:37 a.m. He was taken to VCU Medical Center, the Sheriff’s Office said. According to a news release, Williams was pronounced dead at the hospital. There were no obvious signs of foul play, the Sheriff’s Office said.

An inmate who apparently hanged himself in the Richmond City Jail had been held at the facility for 10 days on a misdemeanor domestic assault charge. George Earl Whealton, 43, was flagged after his May 16 arrest as needing special attention because of his behavior during his screening, said Lt. Col. Walter Allmon of the Richmond Sheriff’s Department’s professional standards office.

Richmond sheriff’s deputies have broken up one of the most elaborate jail drug-smuggling rings they’ve seen in years. The ring used at least one inmate assigned to outside work details—the crews of trusted inmates assigned to mow lawns and pick up trash—to bring illegal drugs into the jail, Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. said yesterday.

Richmond’s overcrowded city jail will start charging inmates $1 day to be there. The charge takes effect Wednesday, said Lt. Col. Walter Allmon of the city sheriff’s department. “It’s to help pay for the cost of operating the jail,“ he said. It costs about $46 per inmate, per day to cover the jail’s operating and administrative costs, city budget documents show. The $1-a-day charge could raise more than $500,000 a year toward the $30 million annual cost of running the jail.