Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Manuel Torrez

died 2005 · United States Penitentiary Florence ADMAX, Colorado

Manuel Torrez died in 2005 at the ADX Florence federal supermax prison in Colorado, where he was being held. He was beaten to death by two other prisoners during a rare joint recreation period, according to the article. The article describes this as the only homicide recorded at that prison.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

Reported by: news reports.

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