Inmate suicide reported at Louisiana prison; Department of Corrections reports

BATON ROUGE, La. ( KTAL/KMSS ) – The Louisiana Department of Corrections is investigating an inmate suicide at a state prison on Friday evening.

A news release from the DOC said the incident happened on October 4 at around 6:30 p.m. at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. Corrections officers said they found the 21-year-old inmate hanging and unresponsive in his cell and “immediately began CPR.

He was pronounced dead at 7:07 p.m.

The man has been an inmate at Hunt Correctional Center since July. His name is withheld until his next of kin is notified.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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