     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS AN INMATE AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA RECEPTION CENTER WHERE HE WAS SERVING A SIX YEAR SENTENCE FOR ARMED ROBBERY, BATTERY ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND RESISTING ARREST WITH VIOLENCE.
     THE DECEASED HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME OVER TEN YEARS AGO WHILE AT THE DADE JUVENILE CENTER IN MIAMI. HE ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF SEIZURES DURING CHILDHOOD AND WAS TAKING DILANTIN.
     THE DECEASED HAD BEEN CONFINED TO THE PRISON INFIRMARY AND A "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" ORDER WAS SIGNED. NOVEMBER 22, 1996 AT APROX 6:10 A.M. THE NURSE WAS MAKING ROUNDS WHEN SHE FOUND THE DEC'D EXPIRED IN BED. HE WAS PRONOUNCED BY THE PHYSICIAN.