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A tenth inmate has died at a prison in just over three months amid claims of drug misuse by prisoners.
Warren Manners, 38, is the latest to have died at HMP Parc in Bridgend, which is run by Security company G4S.
Nine other inmates have died since 27 February, including four believed to be drug-related, while one prison staff member has been arrested in connection with drug dealing there.
A spokesperson for the prison said Mr Manners' death would be investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman and that the coroner would establish the cause of his death.
HMP Parc is one of the UK's largest category B prisons, holding convicted male adult and young offenders, as well as convicted sex offenders or those awaiting trial for sex offences.
South Wales Police previously said a synthetic opioid called Nitazene had been identified in connection with four of the deaths.
The force said spice, another synthetic drug, had been identified in two of the four deaths.
In March, prisons and probation ombudsman, Adrian Usher, urged all prisoners in possession of spice to dispose of it.
