The death of an inmate at Terre Haute’s federal prison is being investigated by the FBI.
45-year-old inmate Caleb Allen Root was found unresponsive at the Federal Correctional Institution on Monday.
Staff attempted life-saving measures before transferring him to a hospital where he later died.
Root was serving a 120-month sentence for various drug and firearm-related charges and had been in custody since June 2025.

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