The state Department of Corrections and local law enforcement are investigating the death of an inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault.
Around 12:30 p.m. Nov. 21, an inmate was found unresponsive at the prison, according to department spokesman Aaron Swanum. Staff provided medical aid, including CPR and the use of a defibrillator, as an ambulance was called for.
At about 1 p.m., medical responders pronounced the person dead.
No further details about the inmate and how they died were available Monday.
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