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Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against Florida Jail That Forced Detainee to Scan Legal Mail Into Computer with Memory Chip
Loaded on March 1, 2024
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2024, page 55
Filed under:
Jail Specific,
Supervisory Liability,
Municipal Liability,
Legal Mail,
First Amendment, rights,
Attorney/Client.
Location:
Florida.
by David M. Reutter
On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed dismissal of a claim alleging two guards at Florida’s Polk County Jail (PCJ) interfered with Ricky Lee Christmas’ First Amendment right to communicate freely and confidentially with his attorneys by forcing him ...
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More from this issue:
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- Massachusetts Becomes the Fifth State to Make Prison Phone Calls Free
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- Rikers Island Detainees Given Pricey Weight-Loss Surgery but Little Follow-Up Care
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- Moms Released from Massachusetts Prison Decry Dearth of Help
- Eighth Circuit Issues Primer on Informal Due Process Procedures to Missouri Prisoner, by David Reutter
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- New Jersey Supreme Court Revives Parolee’s Challenge to Administratively Imposed Treatment Program, by Matthew Clarke
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