An investigation was underway Friday into the homicide death of an inmate at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County in Lancaster. The inmate, identified as 41-year-old Joshua Kerr, was found mortally wounded inside his cell at 12:18 p.

A 22-year-old inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, N.Y., died Saturday. Nine inmates said he was viciously beaten by corrections officers.

A man has died suddenly at a prison which saw the most inmate deaths in Wales and England last year. South Wales Police confirmed the sudden death of a 49-year-old man at Bridgend's HMP Parc on 1 March.

State officials are investigating the death this weekend of an inmate who was housed at a Utica-area state prison. The inmate was taken early Saturday from Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County to an outside hospital,