Two inmates person died successful custody astatine a situation successful Nottinghamshire.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed 2 men died astatine HMP Ranby - a Category C grooming and resettlement situation adjacent Retford - connected Wednesday.
Nottinghamshire Police said it was moving with the Prison Service to found the circumstances astir the deaths.
A spokesperson for the Prison Service: "As with each deaths successful custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman volition investigate, and we volition respond to its findings successful owed course."
A spokesperson for East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) said: "I tin corroborate that some yesterday and today, EMAS attended HMP Ranby.
"As determination is an ongoing investigation, it wouldn't beryllium due for america to remark further."
Det Insp James Oakton, of Nottinghamshire Police, added: "An probe has been launched astatine HMP Ranby pursuing the deaths of 2 prisoners connected Wednesday.
"We are moving intimately with the situation work to found the circumstances surrounding these deaths, and a thorough probe is nether way.
"The families of those progressive are being supported, and our thoughts are with them astatine this hard time."
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