Quonta Howard

Quonta Howard, 35, died on August 4, 2015, while held at Charlotte Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison in Punta Gorda. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide. Corrections1 reported that his death was one of seven open Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigations at the prison, which has faced scrutiny over several deaths and abuse cases. That article gave no cause of death for him.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as suicide.

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

Sources (2)

• Inmate Mortality, fiscal year 2015-2016, archived Florida Department of Corrections, Inmate Mortality
• Inmate death leads to 7th probe of troubled Fla. prison Corrections1, August 6, 2015