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Prosecutors: Florida prison guards charged with murder for beating handcuffed inmate to death

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(Photos: Miami-Dade Corrections) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Three Florida correctional officers have been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal beating of a handcuffed prisoner in the mental health unit who had thrown urine at them, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced.The incident happened on Feb.

14, 2022, when the guards were removing the inmate from his cell at the Dade Correctional Institution, located south of Miami, in order to transfer him to a north Florida prison.

After the inmate, who was being housed in the mental health unit of the prison, threw urine on one of the officers, investigators said the officers retaliated by putting him in handcuffs and began beating him."After the inmate was removed, even though he was in handcuffs and compliant with officer commands, agents say the officers began to beat him.

The inmate was beaten so badly he had to be carried to the transport van," the department said in a news release.The inmate was not identified in the statement, but the Miami Herald identified him as 60-year-old Ronald Ingram.RELATED: ‘We're embarrassed’: Polk County sheriff's volunteer arrested for selling drugs out of patrol vehicleAuthorities said the inmate was placed alone in what was described as a secure compartment inside the van.The van made a stop along the way in Ocala and that was when the inmate was found dead, laying on a bench inside the vehicle, the statement added.

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