An inmate at William Donaldson Correctional Facility died Tuesday in the western Jefferson County lockup.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as James Clayton Nelson. He was 57.

Nelson was found unresponsive at 11 a.m. Tuesday and pronounced dead on the scene at 12:14 p.m.

Deputy Coroner Phillip Russell said no foul play is suspected in Nelson’s death. The circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Law Enforcement Services.

Nelson was serving a life sentence after pleading guilty in 1998 to kidnapping out of Fayette County.