A prisoner has died at a Serco-run high security men's prison in south Auckland.
Serco said the prisoner at Auckland South Corrections Facility in Wiri was taken ill around four o'clock this afternoon.
It said the man died about an hour later after prison staff and ambulance paramedics were unable to revive him.
Police have been advised and the Coroner and Corrections Inspectorate will investigate.
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