An Arkansas Department of Correction prisoner died Monday afternoon while working on a construction project at the department’s Ester Unit in Pine Bluff.
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According to an email from Correction Department spokesman Cathy Frye, the 38 year old Hot Springs man, was electrocuted while working on a metal ceiling at the unit. He was pronounced dead at 3:49 p.m. Monday.
Arkansas State Police were called to the unit and are investigating Eaton’s death.