An inmate was found dead in a cell at Northern State Prison in Newark last week, officials said. Darrell Foye, 60, was found unresponsive at 4:40 p.m. on March 4, the state Department of Corrections said.

A shocking inmate-on-inmate murder at a New Jersey prison is raising serious questions about supervision at the facility. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and state Department of Corrections have launched an investigation into what happened at Northern State Prison.

The Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County. The inmate, Quran Middleton, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell shortly after midnight Tuesday.

An Alabama inmate scheduled for execution in a few days has been officially taken off death row. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison without the chance of parole.