Roots Action – 2017-04-04 23:15:24
https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/darren-rainey-was-tortured-and-killed-by-prison-guards-at-dade-correctional-institution-in-florida
ACTION ALERT: Darren Rainey: Scalded to Death in Florida Prison
Roots Action
(April 4, 2017) — On June 23, 2012, Darren Rainey, a mentally ill black man serving a two-year prison sentence for drug possession, was killed by four prison guards at Dade Correctional Institution in Florida.
The Florida guards kept Darren Rainey locked in a shower for two hours with the water turned up to a scalding 160 degrees or higher — even though Florida state law mandates 120 degrees as the highest available temperature allowed.
According to the assigned medical examiner, when Mr. Rainey was removed from the shower, his skin was falling off of his body. Darren Rainey entered the shower around 7:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead around 10:00 p.m.
One prisoner said he heard Rainey screaming, begging to be let out. Another stated that he helped clean up chunks of Rainey’s skin from the shower the following morning.
Multiple inmates have revealed that the shower was used against them too, as a torture device. Click here to help put an end to this.
https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/darren-rainey-was-tortured-and-killed-by-prison-guards-at-dade-correctional-institution-in-florida
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s office has revealed that, after a five-year legal dispute, no charges will be filed against the four prison guards who allegedly tortured and killed Darren Rainey. In addition, the four accused guards will be allowed to keep their jobs.
Prosecutors concluded that Rainey’s death was an “accident,” stating that he died from a combination of factors, including health complications of his mental disorder, heart disease that had gone undiagnosed, and what they described as “confinement in a shower.”
According to prosecutors, the medical examiner’s report played a key role in their decision not to press charges against the four prison guards. The Miami-Dade prosecutor’s office maintained that the DCI medical examiner report reveals no burns on Darren Rainey after discovering him in the shower, and that any deformed skin was a result of skin “slippage” from being in the shower for too long.
When that same medical examiner’s report was reviewed by investigators at HuffingtonPost, however, it was discovered that Britney Wilson, a licensed practical nurse at DCI, examined Rainey’s body approximately 10 minutes after he was found, and noted “1st degree burns to 90% of his body.” An additional medical examination conducted by Lt. Alexander Lopez, a firefighter and paramedic with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, reported that Darren Rainey was found “with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on approximately 30 percent of his body.”
ACTION: Click here to sign a petition to the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida to request a comprehensive review of the evidence and verdict provided in Darren Rainey’s case.
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— The RootsAction.org Team
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Background:
Miami Herald: No justice for inmate Darren Rainey
Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Report on Darren Rainey’s death
Huffington Post: Officials Ruled Inmate’s ‘Boiling’ Death An Accident. But Documents Show They Omitted Key Details
