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<\/p>\nJACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A woman who was being held in the Duval County Jail is dead after a fight with another inmate, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
JSO said Jema Schunke, 47, died in a hospital on Friday, one week after she was found unresponsive in her cell.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Virginia Hampton Virginia Hampton’s mugshot <\/p>\n
According to Hampton\u2019s arrest report, Hampton was seen on surveillance video attacking Schunke. She claimed Schunke had fallen out of her bed. <\/p>\n
JSO said Schunke received care at the jail before being taken to UF Health for treatment, but ultimately died.<\/p>\n
[DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n Following an interview, the agency said Hampton was re-arrested for battery. She was in jail after being arrested in July for allegedly hitting a woman who had been sitting in a car with her window rolled down.<\/p>\n JSO said further charges related to the jail incident could be forthcoming depending on the results of a cause-of-death investigation by the Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n JSO said it is also working to learn more about a reported fight between Schunke and a separate inmate. According to Hampton\u2019s arrest report, one officer said Schunke had been attacked the night before her hospitalization.<\/p>\n Hampton is currently scheduled to be arraigned in court in September.<\/p>\n