A Miami-Dade prison inmate’s death has been ruled “accidental,” despite it coming after he was forced to stay in a steaming shower for two hours.
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s autopsy report was completed this week for the June 2012 death of Darren Rainey, a mentally ill inmate.
The report says Rainey died from complications of schizophrenia, heart disease and “confinement” in the shower, law enforcement sources told the Miami Herald.
Rainey, 50, didn’t suffer any burns on his body and investigators couldn’t conclude the shower was “excessively” hot the day he collapsed, the report said.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office must now decide whether to charge corrections officers with committing a crime, such as manslaughter.
