The lawsuit, which names three Dade Correctional Institution inmates as plaintiffs, alleges violations of the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban oncruel and unusual punishmentand violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and another disabilities-related law known as the Rehabilitation Act...
When inmate Darren Rainey died an excruciating death in a scalding hot shower at the Dade Correctional Institution, allegedly being punished by guards, Jerry Cummings was the warden. Cummings, in his first on-camera interview, told CBS4's Gary Nelson he was made the scapegoat after Rainey's ...
On our next Podcast (coming Tuesday) we will discuss the death of Darren Rainey, the mentally ill inmate at the Dade Correctional Institution who died in June of 2012 because he was locked in a hot shower for two hours. The investigation into his death culminated last Friday when State Atto...
Zephyrhills Correctional Institution WardenJeffrey Trovillion;Charlotte Correctional Institution WardenJohn Willis,Central Florida Reception Center WardenMichael Morgan. Michael Pavicic, a Fort Myers resident who formerly worked as a corrections officer at the Cuyahoga County sheriff’s department in Ohio has...
Carlos Manuel Delgado was released from Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City on Wednesday afternoon — 13 years, 4 months and 24 days before the end of his sentence. Or, from the perspective of Republican Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida Cabinet: Delgado spent 11 years, 2...
The sites up for sale Tuesday are in Monroe, Volusia, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Hendry and Broward counties. They include the former Broward, Glades, Hendry and Hillsborough correctional institutions, which were closed as part of a consolidation in 2012. ...
Charles Walker and Joseph Jenkins were captured last weekend at a Panama City motel. Authorities say they used forged court orders to get them released from the Franklin Correctional Institution in the Panhandle. The forged orders cut their prison sentences from life to 15 years. ...
on the effects of heat on older inmates with medical conditions. Dormitories at the prison do not have air conditioning, and the lawsuit said the Department of Corrections has "chosen to detain hundreds of elderly and disabled people at Dade Correctional Institution without taking any meaningful act...
on the effects of heat on older inmates with medical conditions. Dormitories at the prison do not have air conditioning, and the lawsuit said the Department of Corrections has "chosen to detain hundreds of elderly and disabled people at Dade Correctional Institution without taking any meaningful act...
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/News Service of Florida) – State is getting closer to its Florida Forever fundraising goal for the upcoming budget year, though environmentalists say the amount is not enough.Most of the projected $40 million lawmakers hope to generate for the conservation program may soon...