Death in Florida prisons, vulnerable inmates put in cells with violent prisoners, officers doing so for "sadistic and malicious purpose." These are the allegations in a new lawsuit filed against the Florida Department of Corrections. The state labeled a death inside Columbia Correctional Institution in 2022 as "natural". Dennis Williams' family, calls it a killing after he was put in a cell with another prisoner who had a history of violence, according to the lawsuit. Lawyers the ABC Action News I-Team spoke with said it's part of a larger problem — a lack of transparency about how and why otherwise healthy inmates are dying before their release dates and who is responsible.
