An inmate at a New York State prison has died on Saturday according to the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Services.

Prison staff at Auburn Correctional Facility found an incarcerated man dead in his cell on Saturday, the state's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed.

Staff at Auburn Correctional Facility protested outside of the facility on Tuesday over working conditions. The protest at Auburn Correctional Facility followed protests at Collins Correctional Facility and Elmira Correctional Facility on Monday.

Correction officers at more than 20 New York state prisons, including Auburn and Cayuga correctional facilities, are on strike.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has confirmed the death of one inmate at Auburn Correctional Facility. According to DOCCS, 61-year-old Jonathan Grant was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility on Saturday,

DOCCS has temporarily suspended a solitary confinement reform law, known as HALT, after Hochul declared a state of emergency due to the strike. The department also rescinded a memo that would've considered 70% as full staffing levels in prisons.

The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at Auburn Correctional Facility, one of dozens of state prisons where corrections officers have walked off the job over working conditions.

An inmate was found dead in his cell Saturday at the Auburn Correctional Facility, officials said. The inmate was identified as Jonathon Grant, 61, according to Thomas Mailey, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.