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Authorities investigating inmate’s death at Idaho prison

Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Ada County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an inmate at a prison south of Boise. The Idaho Department of Correction in a statement Monday says it requested the investigation following the death of 22-year-old Jerry Michael Cruz on Oct. 13. The agency says correctional officers found Cruz at about 2:15 p.m. hanging in his cell at the Idaho State Correctional Institution. The agency says correctional officers at the medium-security prison for men south of Boise immediately started lifesaving measures.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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