Rudolf Rowe
Not found on the Florida Department of Corrections’s published list of deaths in custody.
Rudolf Rowe died on August 16, 2012, while held at Union Correctional Institution in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections said five guards were fired after accusations of excessive force in his death. The accusations led to the firings, and the department's account names the force as the central issue in his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). The Florida Department of Corrections fired five guards over accusations of excessive force in Rowe's death, and the accusations are the only account of how he died in the source.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.