HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut prison inmate has died after suffering a bruise to the back of his head in a fall last week.
Jose Peralta, 36, of Waterbury, who was serving time for assault and burglary, was found at about 1 a.m. on Jan. 9 on the floor of a dormitory inside the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers.
Peralta was conscious when he was taken to the prison’s infirmary, correction officials said.
He was transported to a local hospital after his condition deteriorated and was pronounced dead just before 3 a.m.
Two correctional nurses were placed on administrative leave on Friday while the department conducts an internal investigation into the death.
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