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Four Florida Guards Charged in Fatal Beating of Elderly, Mentally Ill State Prisoner
Loaded on May 23, 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Excessive Force (Wrongful Death),
Mental Health.
Location:
Florida.
By Jo Ellen Nott
On April 29, 2022, nearly ten weeks after the death in transport of an elderly and mentally ill state prisoner, a fourth guard with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was arrested and charged with his murder.
The prisoner, Ronald Gene Ingram, 60, …
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