AMITE - The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an inmate at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail that took place Wednesday afternoon, deputies said.

According to TPSO, inmate Eugene Hickerson, 55, was discovered unresponsive in his assigned dorm around 3 p.m. Wednesday. He eventually died after staff attempted to conduct life-saving measures. Hickerson had been in the jail since October and was booked for simple burglary and a Department of Corrections parole violation charge.

Following the death and another inmate suffering an unrelated, minor medical emergency, officials did a contraband sweep in both dorms and did not find any illegal narcotics.

Hickerson's official cause of death will be released pending an autopsy.