A 53-year-old inmate has died at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.

Arthur William Michel was found unresponsive Thursday night in his cell in the minimum security unit.

Staff members performed CPR before Michel was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m.

He was serving a two-and-a-half year sentence for sexual assault and failing to comply with an undertaking.

Corrections Services Canada is reviewing the death.