BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana prison inmate has died following a fight with his cellmate, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Correctional officers making rounds at the Louisiana State Penitentiary discovered the fight at around 3 p.m. Monday, the department said in a statement.
The inmate later died at the prison, and the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office and the corrections department launched an investigation.
An autopsy was set to be performed on the victim this week, officials said.
The other inmate involved in the fight was placed in segregation, and possible criminal charges were pending the results of the investigation and autopsy, according to the statement.
Neither of the inmates involved were identified.
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