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- The settlement comes nearly six years after Rainey's death, which led to sweeping reforms in Florida's prison system
The family of a mentally ill Florida inmate who died after being left for nearly two hours in a hot shower has settled a civil rights lawsuit against the state's Department of Corrections.
The Miami Herald reports the settlement notice filed last week didn't disclose the amount or the terms of the agreement in the case of 50-year-old Darren Rainey.
The settlement comes nearly six years after Rainey's death, which led to sweeping reforms in Florida's prison system. It also comes as the state is set to open a new residential prison treatment facility for inmates with mental illnesses. Rainey had schizophrenia.
His daughter, brother and sister filed the lawsuit against the state department, its former medical contractor Corizon, the former warden at Dade Correctional Institution and two corrections officers.
