Prisoner, 60, dies in cell at Tucker

An inmate at the Maximum Security Unit in Tucker was found dead Monday night, the Arkansas Department of Correction said.

Charles Winston, 60, was found unresponsive in his cell about 9:30 p.m. by guards conducting regular security rounds, prison spokesman Solomon Graves said in a statement. Medical personnel pronounced Winston dead at 9:55 p.m., Graves said. No information on the cause of death was released.

The Arkansas State Police will conduct an investigation into the death, and the state Department of Correction will conduct an internal investigation, Graves said.

Winston was the third inmate to die at the Maximum Security Unit in a month. Dan Shelton, 54, and David Mulkey, 49, died in late October.

Winston was sentenced in 2006 to two life terms for kidnapping and aggravated robbery.

He also was serving time for first-degree battery and aggravated assault, inmate information shows.