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Sixth inmate dies at troubled Wisconsin maximum security prison

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Damien Evans , 23 , died Tuesday at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin .

He is the sixth inmate to have died in custody since June 2023 .

Two killed themselves, one died of a fentanyl overdose, one of a stroke, and another died of dehydration and malnutrition.

Prosecutors last year charged warden Randall Hepp with misconduct and eight members of his staff with inmate abuse.