Investigation underway after an inmate dies at prison in Moose Lake

A 39-year-old man died at the prison in Moose Lake on Tuesday.

The Department of Corrections sent out a statement, saying that another inmate reported that a cellmate appeared to be unresponsive. This was around 10:30am.

Staff responded and performed life-saving measures, without success, per the statement.

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office will be performing an autopsy.

Now the MN DOC’s Office of Special Investigations is investigating.