Six men have been arrested after an inmate died at a Leicestershire prison on Tuesday.

Leicestershire Police said they were called to HMP Fosse Way, a category C prison in Leicester, after a 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell.

The victim, understood to be Mahir Abdulrahman, had ‘kettled’ another inmate with boiling water.

Four other prisoners entered his cell and kettled him in revenge before ‘beating him to a pulp’, the Times reported. 

Six men have been arrested in connection with the man’s death and are in police custody.

Six men have been arrested after an inmate was beaten to death a day before he was due to be released from HMP Fosse Way (pictured)

The inmate’s death is currently being treated as unexplained, the force said. Some have questioned why he was not moved following his initial attack.

The new jail, on the site of the old HMP Glen Parva, was built to house 1,715 prisoners and is managed by Serco.

A Serco spokesman said: ‘We can confirm that a 31-year-old man has died at Fosse Way prison.

‘The matter is now being investigated by Leicestershire Police.’

The new prison, on the site of the old HMP Glen Parva is privately managed and has been compared to a ‘hotel’ with barless windows and personal computers 

The privately run HMP Fosse has previously been compared to a hotel, and boasts cells with barless windows and personal computers that double as TVs.

The ‘Scandinavian-style’ prison, which looks similar to student halls and can house 1,715 inmates and was hailed by ministers as Britain’s ‘greenest ever’.

It also includes innovations to bolster security and cut crime behind bars – along with plans to help prisoners find work.