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Inmate at State Prison Dies on Christmas Day

Inmate at state prison dies in Christmas Day
Officials say an inmate at a state prison has died after being found unresponsive in his cell on Christmas Day
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   WALPOLE, Mass. (AP) _ Officials say an inmate at a state prison has died after being found unresponsive in his cell on Christmas Day.
 
   The state Department of Correction said Thursday that a guard found Kevin Boutet in his cell at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole on Tuesday.
 
   Life-saving measures were performed at the scene before Boutet was taken to Norwood Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly before 6 p.m.
 
   Prison officials notified the Norfolk district attorney's office. Foul play is not suspected in the death but authorities did not disclose a cause of death.
 
   Boutet was serving a three-year sentence for breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony.

Officials say an inmate at a state prison has died after being found unresponsive in his cell on Christmas Day.

The state Department of Correction said Thursday that a guard found Kevin Boutet in his cell at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole on Tuesday.

Life-saving measures were performed at the scene before Boutet was taken to Norwood Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly before 6 p.m.

Prison officials notified the Norfolk district attorney's office. Foul play is not suspected in the death but authorities did not disclose a cause of death.

Boutet was serving a three-year sentence for breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony.

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