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Florida Prisoners with Disabilities to Receive Accommodations Under Settlement
by David M. Reutter
In July 2017, Disability Rights Florida, the state’s federally-funded Protection and Advocacy organization that advocates for disabled individuals, settled a historic lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections over the FDOC’s systematic failure to comply with federal measures intended to protect prisoners with physical disabilities.
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- From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex, by Christopher Zoukis
- Federal Judge Grants Compassionate Release but Questions BOP’s Motivation, by Christopher Zoukis
- $5 Million Settlement After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies in Restraint, by Christopher Zoukis
- Federal Lawsuit Filed in Dehydration Death at Wisconsin Jail; Three Jailers Charged
- Major Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Facility in Tennessee, by David Reutter
- Prison Doctor Dies of Legionnaires’ Disease
- Texas State Prisoners Fight for Access to Kosher Meals, by Matthew Clarke
- Kansas DOC Underestimates Cost of New Prison by $51 Million, by Christopher Zoukis
- $27,000 Settles California Prisoner Pro Se Civil Rights Suit, by Derek Gilna
- DHS Report Shows “Significant Prison Population of Incarcerated Aliens”, by Christopher Zoukis
- Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million, by Matthew Clarke
- Indictment Alleges Prison Healthcare Company Bribed Texas State Senator, by Matthew Clarke
- Oregon Jail 'Tortures' Mentally Ill Prisoners
- Statute of Limitations for Oregon Child Sex Abuse Claims Expires at Age 40, Not 24
- Two Georgia Prison Transport Guards Slain, by David Reutter
- Alabama Sheriff Fights to Keep Extra Funds Meant to Feed Prisoners
- Despite Suicides, Jails Replace In-person Visitation with Video Screens, by Mike Ludwig
- Georgia Toddler Initially Denied Kidney Due to Father’s Parole Violation, by Monte McCoin
- Florida Prisoners with Disabilities to Receive Accommodations Under Settlement, by David Reutter
- Alaska: Jurors’ Explanation of Negligence Verdict Doesn’t Warrant New Trial
- Illinois Sheriff Settles Federal Class-action Suit Over Strip Searches
- Summary Judgment Reversed for Delay in Treating Prisoner in Extreme Pain
- First-time Burglary Offender Eligible for Pennsylvania DOC’s Recidivism Program
- Report Finds Texas Death Row Conditions Violate Basic Human Rights, by Matthew Clarke
- Idaho DOC Uses Prisoner Volunteers for Suicide Watches, by Matthew Clarke
- $125,000 Settlement After Failure to Protect Verdict in Virginia
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- Oregon Court: Dismissals Are “Strikes” While Pending on Appeal
- Contempt Motion Filed after Pennsylvania Officials Refuse to Release Detainee
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- Virginia Prisoner’s Name Change Request for Religious Purpose Requires Hearing
- Mississippi Attorney General Settles with Third Company in Epps Bribery Scandal, by Monte McCoin
- California: State Immune from Bane Act Claim for Valley Fever Exposure
- Pervasive Masturbation in Cook County Jail Spurs Class-action Suits, Injunction, by Monte McCoin
- $35,000 Settlement in Kentucky Excessive Force Suit
- $5 Million Settles Jail Detainee’s Death
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- Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes, by Monte McCoin
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- Suit Proceeds Against CoreCivic by Guard Strip-Searched at Georgia Prison, April 26, 2024
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- Florida Supreme Court Bans ‘Vexatious’ Prisoner From Filing Further Pro Se Petitions, April 26, 2024
- $155 Million Settlement for 10,000 California Prison Guard Supervisors in Wage Lawsuit, April 26, 2024
- Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail, April 26, 2024
- Eleventh Circuit: “More than Gross Negligence” Required to Prove Deliberate Indifference, April 26, 2024
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- DOJ Finds ADA Violations in Arizona Prisons, Demands Improvements, March 1, 2024. Corrections Audits, Vision, DOJ CRIPA Actions, Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Eighth Circuit Remands ADA Claims—But Not Constitutional Claims—of Paralyzed Arkansas Jail Detainee, March 1, 2024. Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Deliberate Indifference.
- Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails, Feb. 1, 2024. Disabled Prisoners, Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act.
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- Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction, Jan. 1, 2024. Deaf Prisoners, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Video-Conferencing.
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