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Inmate at Idaho state prison dies in apparent suicide

Authorities say a 23-year-old inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution has died in an apparent suicide.

BOISE, Idaho — Authorities say a 23-year-old inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution has died in an apparent suicide.

Idaho Department of Corrections spokesman Jeff Ray said a correctional officer found Makiland Grae Harris hanging in his cell at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. 

Harris was incarcerated at ISCI for aggravated battery, according to court records.

He was removed from life support at a Boise hospital on Saturday. The death is being investigated as an apparent suicide. 

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