Colorado authorities are investigating the death at Hudson Correctional Facility, which houses about 900 Alaska felons. Garland Armstrong, director of institutions for the Alaska Department of Corrections, also is going to Colorado to investigate, said Richard Schmitz, spokesman for the Alaska agency.
The prison was built by Cornell Companies Inc., which recently merged with another private prison provider, The GEO Group Inc.
A representative of the Colorado Department of Corrections did not return calls or e-mails Monday. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which is assisting the agency, sent a forensics team Monday, CBI spokesman Lance Clem said.
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