Jackson – Amador County Jail inmate Jeffrey Lee Walker was found dead in his cell on Thursday, August 20, according to a release by the Amador County Sheriff’s Department. Undersheriff Jim Wegner said in the release that Walker, 48, of Sacramento “was found having hanged himself from a window grate using a strip of cloth suspected to be torn from a bed sheet.” The discovery came during a routine cell check. Walker had been in custody at the Amador County Jail since June 17 due to an alleged violation of probation. He was originally arrested on August 28, 2007 for possession of a narcotic controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of drug use paraphernalia, and impersonating another to create liability. Walker plead guilty to transportation of a controlled substance in 2008 and was granted probation. He was housed in a cell by himself. “He was one of nineteen inmates housed in a cell block with a Corrections Standards Authority rated capacity of twenty two inmates,” said the release. Detectives from the Amador County Sheriff0Coroner’s Office are conducting the death investigation and have asked the California Department of Justice Bureau of Investigations to conduct an independent review of the investigation. The forensic pathologist examination of Walker will be conducted by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office. The Amador County Sheriff’s Office will also conduct a separate investigation into the incident. Walker’s death is the first to occur in the current Amador County Jail since it opened in 1984. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.