A woman was found dead on Christmas Morning at the Lauderdale County detention center, WHNT News reports.

A female inmate Tuesday was found unresponsive in her cell about 2 a.m., the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office told WHNT Wednesday. An on-duty nurse was called and found the inmate was dead.

The inmate had been arrested in Florence on Tuesday for a DUI.

WHNT reports Sheriff Joe Hamlin said the inmate had a "medical episode."

The county coroner pronounced the inmate dead at the detention center.

The State Bureau of Investigations is investigating the death, and her body will be sent for an autopsy.