Inmate dies in suspected homicide at Carson City prison

An inmate at the Carson City Correctional Facility was found unresponsive in his two-person cell early Sunday and later pronounced dead, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. Officials identified the death as a suspected homicide.

State police are investigating, and the inmate’s 26-year-old cellmate is a suspect. Officials declined to release additional information because the investigation remains ongoing.

The inmate had been serving a sentence for first-degree criminal sexual conduct and was housed in the facility’s level IV security unit. Six inmates died at the prison between September 2025 and August 2026, according to a state prisoner mortality report.

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