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HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services
Loaded on March 1, 2022
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2022, page 20
Filed under:
Armor Correctional Health Services,
Public Records,
PLN Litigation,
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Location:
Florida.
In an opinion reached on December 1, 2021, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) in its suit seeking records from Armor Correctional Health Services, the contracted healthcare provider at the Palm Beach County jail.
HRDC, the nonprofit that …
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