Title: Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year. And they died younger than past years. | Miami Herald
Headings: Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year. And they died younger than past years. | Miami Herald
Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year. And they died younger than past years. | Miami Herald
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Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year. And they died younger than past years.
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Content: “Last year I made a request for six tapes, most of which involved allegations of abuse of officers against inmates. In all cases the tapes disappeared,” Richardson said. He wants policy changes mandating that security footage be stored on a cloud, outside of the control of individual wardens, for a minimum of six months. Over the years, suicide has become a common cause of death in the prisons. An inmate who has lost hope and wants to kill himself or herself will often find a way. But prisons put policies in place to make that more difficult. Staff was supposed to check on cells every 30 minutes at Central Florida Reception Center, for example. But in the early hours of the morning on March 19, 2017, one of those cell checks was missed. During the 104 minutes when no one checked his cell, Carl Singleton, hanged himself with his bed sheet. The official report said his body was still warm when they found him at 7:27 am.