DOC: Rush City Prison Inmate, 26, Found Dead In His Cell

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

July 27, 2022

A Minnesota prison inmate was found dead last week inside of his cell.

Officials with the Minnesota Department of Corrections says 26-year-old Derrick Deangelo Catchings was discovered "unresponsive in his cell at MCF-Rush City" on the evening of July 20.

He was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after EMS workers arrived to try to revive him.

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