Darren Rainey, who suffered from severe schizophrenia, was locked in a shower stall at Dade Correctional Institution’s transitional care unit (TCU) in 2012. Left unattended for two hours, Rainey died. Nearly five years later, Eleventh Judicial Circuit State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has decided not to criminally charge correctional officers, despite outcry from advocates. Read more.
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