FLORENCE, AZ -- Officials say an inmate has died of an apparent suicide in a central Arizona prison.
According to the Department of Corrections, 30-year-old Erick Cervantes was pronounced dead Friday afternoon at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman.
Officials said Cervantes was serving a 2.5 year sentence for misconduct involving weapons and had entered the facility Sept. 11, 2007. He was being held at a Special Management Unit.
The incident is under investigation by the department.
