WRIGHTSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after an inmate at Arkansas prison died following an assault by another inmate.
The Arkansas Department of Corrections says 50-year-old Albert Williams collapsed Sunday morning while being escorted to the Wrightsville Unit’s infirmary for treatment. The department says medical staff was unable to resuscitate Williams, and he died.
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The agency says Williams may have suffered a heart attack.
Williams was serving a 35-year sentence out of Sebastian County for multiple convictions, most of them drug-related.
The death is being investigated by Arkansas State Police.