By Pat Reavy
KSL
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Utah State Prison inmate was stabbed to death Tuesday during a fight with another inmate, prison officials said.
The fight broke out between two inmates in a cell at the Uinta facility about 2:45 p.m. One inmate, a 23-year-old man, died after being fatally stabbed. His 33-year-old cellmate was taken to the infirmary with minor injuries, Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal said.
The Uinta housing block is for maximum security inmates. Uinta 1 is where death row inmates are housed. Prison officials would not say which Uinta unit the incident occurred in, citing security reasons.
Information about how long the two men had been cellmates was not released.
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