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| State To Reopen Fatal Case Of Inmate Gassing |
| By northescambia.com |
| Published: 03/18/2015 |
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Rommell Johnson, an inmate at a Florida Panhandle prison who had chronic asthma, couldn’t breathe on June 3, 2010. Less than five hours after receiving treatment for severe breathing problems by a day-shift nurse, Johnson was dead, the result of an asthma attack caused by noxious chemicals sprayed by guards. The death was ruled accidental by the Department of Corrections inspector general and a medical examiner. The circumstances leading up to Johnson’s death, and prison officials’ handling of it, bear striking similarities to the death just three months later of Randall Jordan-Aparo, an inmate at another Panhandle prison who died after being repeatedly sprayed with the same lethal chemicals used on Johnson. Both men suffered from chronic breathing ailments. Both men were in solitary confinement when they were accused in official reports of creating disturbances before they were gassed. The same lead inspector — who found no basis for complaints made by an employee of the Northwest Florida Reception Center in Johnson’s death — oversaw both investigations. Read More. |
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