Authorities investigating death of maximum security inmate


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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in southwestern Idaho.

The Idaho Department of Correction in a news release Thursday says 69-year-old Clifford Daniel Singer was found hanging in his cell on Saturday evening at the prison in Kuna.

Officials say Singer was transported to a Boise hospital where he died on Thursday.

The Ada County Sheriff's Office is investigating.

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