14 people who didn't have to die in Florida’s mental hospitals

When Florida cut $100 million from mental hospitals and fired a third of their workers, patients paid the price — sometimes with their lives.

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THE PATIENTS

Miguel Menendez Carrera - Tuarus McNair

Luis Santana - Morris Celnikier

James Fleurant - James Bragman

Joerhonda Griffin - Taalib Glover

John Kenyon Whitaker - Steven A. Frank

Loida Espina - Michael Salacup

Blondine Williams - Rashida Wills

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Rick Scott's Florida: Mental Hospitals

I’m Leonora LaPeter Anton, a reporter for the 
Tampa Bay Times

I was one of three journalists who spent the past year reporting on a single subject: the violence and decay inside Florida’s mental hospitals. After a grueling reporting effort, here’s what we found.