Ronald Ingram
Ronald Gene Ingram was 60 years old and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was held in the mental health unit of Dade Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County and was being moved to a North Florida prison that was meant to offer him better mental health care. According to Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators, correctional officers removed him from his cell and beat him after he was handcuffed. He was found dead on a bench in a transport van during a stop in Ocala on February 14, 2022, and the medical examiner attributed his death to a punctured lung causing internal bleeding, with injuries to his face and torso. Officers have been charged with murder, and their attorneys dispute the charges.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). Florida investigators and prosecutors say correctional officers beat him, and the officers' attorneys dispute that account.
Reported by: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators); Miami-Dade medical examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Leesburg Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office; Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Miami Herald (reporters).
Lawsuit: Ronald Gene Ingram died in February 2022 after correctional officers beat him during a transfer from Dade Correctional Institution, and four officers were charged with murder, with no civil lawsuit or payment reported in these accounts.
News reports (16)
- Inmate Mortality, fiscal year 2021-2022
- Inmate dies during transfer from Dade Correctional Institution
- 10 COs on leave, one resigned, after Fla. inmate dies in prison van
- State inmate dies outside Ocala Prison, Corrections won't say how
- 4 Florida correctional officers charged with murder in alleged beating of inmate - ABC News
- 3 Florida correctional officers charged with murder in alleged beating of inmate
- 4 Miami-Dade prison guards arrested over inmate’s death after beating
- Florida prison guards charged with murder in inmate beating
- Florida prison guards charged with murder in "back alley justice" beating of 60-year-old inmate
- 3 Florida prison guards charged with murdering handcuffed inmate
- Prosecutors: Florida prison guards charged with murder for beating handcuffed inmate to death
- Four Florida prison guards arrested and charged in murder of mentally ill inmate
- Fla. prison guards accused of beating inmate to death
- Bond denied for corrections officers that transported an inmate who died in Marion County
- Miami-Dade Corrections officer found not guilty of murder charges in inmate's 2022 death
- 3 Florida prison guards got 20 years for inmate’s beating death. A 4th has been set free.