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A 41-year-old Pennsylvania resident was killed this week just hours after he reported to prison to begin serving a 90-day sentence on DUI charges.

When Erick Gainer’s girlfriend dropped him off at a Pennsylvania prison to do his time, she didn’t imagine that she would never see him again.

But less than 24 hours later, she received word that he had been beaten to death by a fellow inmate.

Family and friends express shock over brutal murder of Erick Gainer

According to a report from the New York Post , a third inmate heard Gainer shouting, “Stop!” and “Help! What did I do to you?”

Gainer’s family is likely to take legal action against the Bureau of Prisons for what appears to be a shocking lapse in security.

In the meantime, they’re grieving the loss of

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