ORLANDO, Fla. – An inmate at a Florida prison died after being beaten by a correction's officer, the Miami Herald reported Monday.The newspaper said Christopher Howell, 51, was serving a four-year sentence at Lake Correctional Institution when he was killed, according to interviews with inmates and a prison officer.The paper reported he was beaten while still in handcuffs, but the Florida Department of Corrections declined to comment on the death, saying he was pronounced dead at a hospital Friday.Howell was“disabled” with a “juvenile disposition," according to an arrest affidavit.A spokesman for the department said it cannot release the names of officers involved in ongoing investigations, but the Miami Herald reported all officers.
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