Officials investigating death of N. Idaho prison inmate
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BOISE (AP) — Officials in northern Idaho are investigating the death of an inmate at the Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino.
The Idaho Department of Correction in a news release Wednesday says Alexander E. Mecklin of Lewiston collapsed in a weight room just before 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Officials say staff initiated life-saving measures and an ambulance transported Mecklin to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 4:20 p.m.
The Department of Correction has asked the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office to investigate.
Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino is a 580-bed men’s prison in Orofino.