A Michigan inmate serving a decades-long federal sentence has died after being found unresponsive at a high-security prison in Texas, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
Federal officials confirmed that 46-year-old Jesse Daniel Williams III, a Michigan resident convicted in the Western District of Michigan, was found unresponsive at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16 inside the United States Penitentiary Beaumont. Staff immediately initiated life-saving measures and called EMS. Williams was transported by ambulance to a Southeast Texas hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Authorities say no employees or other inmates were injured, and there was no threat to the public. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been notified, which is standard procedure whenever a federal inmate dies in custody.
Williams had been housed at USP Beaumont since January 11, 2024. He was serving a 30-year federal sentence for possession with intent to distribute less than 500 grams of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
USP Beaumont is a high-security federal penitentiary within the Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex, which includes two additional federal facilities and houses nearly 5,000 inmates across all three sites.
As of now, federal authorities have not released a cause of death, and no further details have been provided.