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| Prison-Death Investigation Pressure Grows |
| By wusf.usf.edu |
| Published: 01/06/2015 |
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State law enforcement officials asked legislators for additional funds Monday to keep up with the growing demand for death investigations at Florida's troubled prisons. The Department of Corrections, or DOC, has been marred by allegations of inmate abuse and cover-ups at Florida prisons in the past year, prompting dozens of firings and an agencywide overhaul. The scrutiny prompted the secretary earlier this year to put the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in charge of all investigations into deaths that occurred under unnatural circumstances. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says investigations of inmate deaths that occurred while in the custody of prison employees or as the result of such employees' use of force have increased 29 percent in the past five years. Authorities asked members of a Senate committee for $8.4 million to help with the 82 cases it inherited from the Department of Corrections, plus the 104 cases the Department of Law Enforcement opened on its own. Read More. |
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