The state Department of Corrections and local law enforcement are investigating the death of an inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault.

Around 12:30 p.m. Nov. 21, an inmate was found unresponsive at the prison, according to department spokesman Aaron Swanum. Staff provided medical aid, including CPR and the use of a defibrillator, as an ambulance was called for.

At about 1 p.m., medical responders pronounced the person dead.

No further details about the inmate and how they died were available Monday.