A second person is now being charged in the death of an inmate.
32-year-old Sarah Yerian was found dead in her bunk on February 8, 2017 in the Shiawassee County Jail. There were no signs of foul play, and police did not believe it was a suicide so an autopsy was performed.
Thursday, September 29, Mindy Portner was arrested by the Shiawassee County Sheriff's office for her part in Yerian's death.
Portner is charged with bringing drugs into a correctional facility and delivering a controlled substance. Police say she smuggled prescription drugs into the jail which were concealed in her vagina.
Police say that while she was in her jail cell, she took out the drugs and shared them with another inmate, who gave them to Sarah Yerian.
The drugs are what caused her death.
Yerian was in jail for resisting and obstructing an officer.
