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Autopsy on Dead Inmate Reveals Ulcers, Internal Bleeding
By ktuu.com- Mallory Peebles
Published: 05/02/2014

ANCHORAGE -

During April in a span of less than two weeks, two inmates died in their jail cells under the supervision of the state Department of Corrections.

While the Alaska Correctional Officers Association says the deaths can likely be attributed to what it calls understaffing, DOC officials says the incidents are normal nothing unusual.

"The department experiences an average of 10 to 12 deaths a year," said Laura Brooks, DOC's health care administrator. "So given this is April and this is our third death of the year, it really doesn't seem that out of the ordinary for what we typically experience."

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