A Florida inmate's death while being transferred between prisons has prompted a criminal investigation, the resignation of a corrections officer and the placement of 10 others on leave, authorities said.
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The death occurred Feb. 14, and state Department of Corrections officials released information about the incident on Saturday, a day after thethe Saturday statement Citing an"open and active investigation," the Department of Corrections declined to release further details.The Miami Herald reported the inmate was found dead in a transfer van outside the Florida Women's Reception Center, a prison in Ocala about 345 miles north of Homestead.
Ricky Dixon, the secretary of the state Department of Corrections, described the investigation involving the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the state Office of Inspector General as a"criminal case."
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