MIAMI, FL — A torturous “punishment” session turned fatal for a mentally-ill prisoner, when prison guards forced him to stand in a tiny shower stall while being blasted by scalding hot water until his skin began to shrivel away from his body and he died. Fellow inmates say he begged for his life before collapsing in the shower.
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Darren Rainey, 50, died while incarcerated a the Dade Correctional Institution. He was serving a 2-year sentence for a victimless crime; possession of cocaine. At the time of his death, he had only one month to go before his release.
Darren Rainey was cooked alive in a prison shower.
Rainey, who suffered from mental illness, was accused of defecating in his cell without cleaning it up. The Florida’s Department of Corrections often comes up with cruel and imaginative punishments for prisoners — allegedly ranging from starvation diets to forcing prisoners to fight so the guards could place bets.
Rainey’s punishment was to stand confined in a narrow chamber, being blasted with hot water and steam, and left to suffer there for over one hour.
“I can’t take it no more, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again,’’ Rainey screamed over and over, the Miami Herald discovered from a fellow inmate’s grievance complaint.
The Miami Herald reports that it was DOC Officer Roland Clarke who was on video placing Rainey in the shower at 7:38 p.m on June 23, 2012. He was found dead at 9:30 p.m.
When Rainey’s body was found, his skin was cooked to the point where it was coming loose from his body, a condition known as slippage.
The facility then did its best to cover up the death. Sources say that it was alleged that Rainey had a heart attack, yet DOC refused to perform an autopsy. The official cause of death has never been announced.
“Two years is a very long time to wait to find out why your brother was found dead in a shower.”
Conveniently, the camera outside the shower “malfunctioned” right after Rainey was forced in.
The Rainey investigation has remained open since 2012, with no explanation about why it has taken so long. No one has been charged with the death of Darren Rainey.
“Two years is a very long time to wait to find out why your brother was found dead in a shower,” said Rainey’s brother, Andre Chapman.
When a fellow inmate tried to provide information to police and the media about the Rainey case, he was threatened with punishments of his own. Numerous other inmate complaints paint a disturbing picture of what justice looks like in Florida’s prisons.
Justice seems to be a fleeting concept in a society where people are imprisoned for non-violent, victimless offenses, and housed by sadistic torturers who themselves belong in a cage.
whats a mans life worth when taken without trial and by a corporation? Billions. Shut it down and have the CEO's Executed. It is the only way to stop this.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely not the only way to stop this, you don't have to execute anyone.
DeleteBull Shit Gus, bleeding hearts like you who seem to disagree yet offer no solution. I say eye for an eye in a case like this. These scumbags make money off me, you, our family and friends. The U.S. incarcerates 1 out of 100 people, more than almost every other civilized country combined. What does that tell you. They don't give a F**K about you and me yet your heart bleeds at the thought of making these demons and devils pay for their.....ahhh screw it, you will never know until you spend a few days, months, or years in a place like this guy did! Or maybe someone you love ends up with a "steam bath"....damn man!
ReplyDeleteNot getting into the punishment of death aspect, but as for your prisoners the US actually ranks #1 globally. Not just with 'civilized' whatever that may mean, but the entire planet.
DeleteThey may have thought the hose they were using was a gun, and forgot who was holding it, and feared for their lives. All cops have to say is they feared for their safety and everything after is justified, including torture. It has been two years, nobody has been charged, and nobody will face any justice for this. Based on past experience, anyone involved will get a paid vacation, a promotion, and be back on the job with a stern warning never to get caught doing this again; with emphasis on getting caught.
DeleteDown in the Florida keys they taze a homeless one legged man, key west a guy is killed by cops and evidence dissapears. All this while Monroe county elected sherriffs and his father the mayor with dubious import stories and Bahamas properties, Capone couldn't invent a better way to protect his crimes. A friends son , an eagle scout gets arrested for $58.44 boat repair whereas the owner suplied the parts. the owner didnt believe the kid did work, has him arrested, oh the boat owner a local FWC officer. now works for state attorney office. this case drags on for nearly a year when mechanics attorney convinces him to settle. The state even hires a multi convicted fellon to disassemble boat engine and use as evidence against mechanic. When youre own defense attorney is an abdicate for the state the system is so perversly corrupted by the bubba system. How an elitest system opperates when the checks and balances are corrupted by $ and criminals.
ReplyDeleteI'm George Mallinckrodt, the only former staffer at Dade CI to come forward publicly about the egregious behavior of guards in the psych unit called the Transitional Care Unit. As a result of the stories broken by the Miami Herald's Julie Brown, it is comforting to know I'm not alone anymore in bringing the abuse, beating, torture, and murder of inmates to the attention of the public. Almost two years ago, after I answered my phone with a typical "Hello," my former coworker blurted out, "They killed him!" Ever since, I've been trying to get people to pay attention to the murder of Darren Rainey. I contacted the FDLE, FBI, Miami Metro Homicide, and the ME's office to no avail. When Julie broke the story Sunday, May 18, 2014, there was no doubt in my mind that I would come forward. I may not have been able to change much when I was working in prison, but now it appears I have been more successful on the outside. I've got to give the inmate, Harold Hempstead, a massive amount of credit in coming forward as he did. As we all know now, really bad things happen to men in prison.
ReplyDeleteThe complaint I lodged with the Dept. of Justice in DC may now receive the attention it deserves. No doubt one of thousands of complaints filed every year, perhaps as a result of recent publicity, it may move up a bit in the line. Of course, I'd like to see it go straight to the top.
GM
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George, I'd like to help if there is a way that I possibly can. Please get ahold of me.
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