POCATELLO — The Idaho Department of Correction is investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate incarcerated at the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center.

IDOC spokesperson Jeff Ray announced in a Saturday news release that a 41-year-old inmate was found unconscious in her cell around 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday.

Correction facility staff initiated lifesaving measures and called 91, said Ray, adding that paramedics responded to the scene and continued lifesaving measures.

The woman was pronounced dead at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello around 10:35 a.m. after life-support measures were discontinued.

The Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center is a 355-bed correctional facility for women in Pocatello.