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April 18, 2006

Inmate dies at ACI; drug overdose suspected

CRANSTON -- A prison inmate is dead and another has been hospitalized after apparent drug overdoses.

The Corrections Department said today that John Lamantia died yesterday at a medium security facility at the Adult Correctional Institutions. He was 36 years old and serving a 15-month sentence for obtaining money under false pretenses.

A drug overdose is suspected as the cause of death, but the state medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy to determine the exact cause.

Another inmate, 28-year-old Richard Garneau, has been hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose.

Corrections officials and the Rhode Island State Police are investigating the death -- and trying to determine how the inmates obtained the drugs.

-- The Associated Press

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