Six men arrested at HMP Fosse Way after inmate dies – Police launch investigation

Six men have been arrested at HMP Fosse Way after an inmate was found dead, with police officers swiftly launching an investigation.

Leicestershire Police said they were called to the Category C prison after a 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell.

The prisoner, understood to be Mahir Abdulrahman, was due to be released on Tuesday but attacked another inmate a day prior.

Abdulrahman chucked boiling water at a fellow prisoner – known as “kettling”, The Telegraph reports. Following the incident, Abdulrahman was not moved from his cell.

To get revenge, four other prisoners tossed boiling water at him before “beating him to a pulp”, ­a source within the jail told The Times.

The source said: “One lad kicked him in the head on the way out and broke his neck.”

They added that they were confused as to why Abdulrahman had not been moved to a cell.

Officers said that his death is currently being treated as unexplained.

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A spokesman for Serco, which manages the facility, said: “We can confirm that a 31-year-old man has died at Fosse Way prison.

“The matter is now being investigated by Leicestershire Police.”

The prison, which is located in Tigers Way, Glen Parva, holds up to 1,715 inmates which are deemed to be of a lower risk.

It is designed to follow the blueprint of HMP Five Wells, which the Ministry of Justice said aimed to “boost security, rehabilitate offenders and protect by helping prisoners find work”.

HMP Fosse Way is an extremely overcrowded prison, with 1,697 of its 1,715 beds filled.

It has been hailed as Britain’s “greenest ever” prison. It has been compared to a hotel, and its cells have barless windows and computers that double as TVs.

The prison also partners with local employers to help inmates back into the workforce once they have completed their stints.