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DOC: Michigan prison inmate dies after attack by 2 inmates

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Posted at 3:40 PM, Aug 30, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-30 15:40:48-04

MUSKEGON, Mich. — Officials say an inmate at a western Michigan prison was attacked and killed over the weekend by two other inmates.

The Michigan Department of Corrections says in a statement that the inmate was in his cell Saturday afternoon at the Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon when two other prisoners walked in and attacked him with a weapon.

The victim left his cell after the attack in need of medical assistance and was pronounced dead about an hour later at a local hospital.

State correction officials said the two inmates believed responsible for the attack were placed in segregation and later transferred to a maximum-security facility.