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A person held at Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Florida, died on September 14, 2019, in an incident in which three people were found unresponsive. The Florida Department of Corrections said the cause was a suspected drug overdose, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating while the facility is on lockdown. Separately, documents obtained by WCJB TV20 attribute the death of another person held at Columbia County Correctional Institution in 2019 to a fentanyl overdose. The article links the drugs to smuggling into that prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Florida Department of Corrections said the cause was a suspected drug overdose, and WCJB TV20, citing documents it obtained, reported fentanyl overdoses.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held them); WCJB TV20 (reporters).