Inmate found dead at Md. prison

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Maryland authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a correctional facility in western Maryland.

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said in a statement that a male inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at the Western Correctional Institution at about 5:15 a.m. Wednesday. Staff performed CPR, but the inmate was pronounced dead at the scene.

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