Woman dies after fight with another inmate inside Duval County Jail, per police

A woman who was being held in the Duval County Jail is dead after a fight with another inmate, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

JSO said Jema Schunke, 47, died in a hospital on Friday, one week after she was found unresponsive in her cell.

Schunke was reportedly in a physical fight with her 58-year-old cellmate, Virginia Hampton, shortly before being found during routine jail rounds on August 15.

According to Hampton’s arrest report, Hampton was seen on surveillance video attacking Schunke. She claimed Schunke had fallen out of her bed…

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