WARREN COUNTY, Ohio — Two employees at the Lebanon Correctional Institute in Warren County have been placed on administrative leave following the death of an inmate.

The Warren County Coroner's Office told us inmate LaSelle Allen, 38, died at the Atrium Medical Center Saturday, Nov. 29. While the coroner's office said there is no preliminary cause of death, they noted that "there was some type of altercation and pepper spray was utilized." Officials are awaiting the results of an autopsy.

On Wednesday, a corrections officer at the prison was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a use-of-force investigation. A nurse at the prison was also placed on paid leave in relation to Allen's death, a prison spokesperson tells us.

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