Incidents

Steven Carey died at the Richmond City Justice Center on January 11, 2023 from a fentanyl-related overdose, according to medical examiners.

Vance Holloway was found dead in his cell on December 12, 2022, while awaiting sentencing.

Sheriff Antionette Irving's Office has released limited information surrounding Holloway's death, citing an ongoing investigation, but did say first responders were called to the jail for a medical emergency.

Nina Hill, who had been arrested three days earlier on charges of possession and assault, died on Nov. 14 after being found unconscious in her cell.

An incident report reviewed by The Times-Dispatch details how jail staff noticed Hill “didn’t look to [sic] well” during “pill pass,” where jail nurses make rounds of inmate cells to dispense medications.

“After several attempted [sic] of calling her name and knocking on the door Nurse McDowell and I entered the cell,” wrote the reporting officer, deputy Anthony Barnes Jr.

A complaint filed in Virginia Eastern District Court states: "On the 27th day of April Deputy James Merritte III told me to suck his [PROFANITY] in front of the hold unit and when on to say that he would suck mines too and if I needed anything for him to call me at [PHONE NUMBER]..."

The case, "Reed v Richmond City Justice Center" (Case No. 1:22-cv-00488-AJT-JFA) was filed by Troy Lamonte Reed on May 4, 2022 while incarcerated at Richmond City Justice Center.

Dantron Harris died in the custody of Sheriff Antoinette Irving at Richmond City Justice Center on March 28, 2022.