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Died in prison

Britten A. Polk

died July 13, 2002 · Gulf Correctional Institution, Florida

Britten A. Polk died on July 13, 2002, while held at Gulf Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as an accident. That classification is the agency's own account of how Polk died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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