Shane Su­perville

A 41-year-old pris­on­er died in his cell at the Arou­ca Max­i­mum Se­cu­ri­ty Prison days af­ter be­ing hos­pi­talised for a med­ica­tion over­dose.

Po­lice said prison of­fi­cers found the body of Raf­fie Mo­hammed in his cell at around 5.30 am on Tues­day.

He was tak­en to the prison in­fir­mary and then to the Ari­ma Hos­pi­tal, where he was de­clared dead.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said that some­time last week, Mo­hammed over­dosed on Met­formin pills and was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex.

He was dis­charged on Mon­day.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing by of­fi­cers of the Arou­ca CID.