An inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Facility died Monday morning after a fight with another inmate in his cell, authorities confirmed.

Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi confirmed his office is investigating the death, pending the results of an autopsy.

Stassi said that after the fight, the inmate was "woozy" and briefly stood up before collapsing. Department of Corrections officer then took him to the facility's infirmary before he was transported to a hospital where he died, Stassi said.

The death comes after three inmates died from overdoses at the St. Gabriel facility in September.

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