News in Brief by Alabama: On June 3, 2022, a guard was arrested for having sex with a prisoner at Alabama’s Pickens County Jail, according to a report by WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi. The guard, Marquita Booker, 28, was fired after her arrest, which followed an investigation that earlier in …
Eleventh Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Jail Guards Who “Did Nothing” in Face of Florida Detainee’s Suicide Threats by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that two guards at Florida’s Bay County Jail (BCJ) did “essentially nothing to prevent” a pretrial detainee from committing suicide, the U.S. Court of …
Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into another agreement with Disability Rights Florida, Inc. (DRF) on November 8, 2021, denying it had breached an earlier 2017 agreement regarding treatment of disabled …
Prisoner’s TikTok Videos Expose Problems in Her Florida Prison by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye “Hey guys, this is Kay coming from Lowell CI, where the day is as dark as black coffee.” So begins each video in a series recorded by a woman while she was incarcerated at Lowell …
Harvard v. Dixon, FL, Order Denying, Solitary Confinement, 2022 Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 419 Filed 07/25/22 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:19-cv-212-AW-MAF RICKY DIXON, Secretary of Florida Department of …
News in Brief by Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
Class of Juvenile Prisoners Certified in Suit Against Florida DOC by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss O n October 22, 2021, federal Judge Robert Hinkle of the Northern District of Florida certified a class of plaintiffs in a suit accusing the state Department of Corrections (DOC) of housing juveniles and …
Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Detainee’s Excessive-Force Claim Against Cop Who Sucker-Punched Him in Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On November 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to rule there was sufficient evidence requiring a jury finding in a …
Estate of Williamson v. Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc, FL, Complaint, 2022 Filing # 153167753 E-Filed 07/12/2022 02:17:23 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA 1''1.KST J Ulllt;IAL t;IKt;UlT CIVIL DIVISION BOBBY JAMES WILLIAMSON, JR., individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of MISTY …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Compassionate Release Where One Factor Isn’t Satisfied Even After Assuming Other Factors Were by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 28, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied the appeal of a federal prisoner in Florida, whose application for …
FDCO and Centurion of Florida Contract-July 2022 CONTRACT #C2995 AMENDMENT #1 CONTRACT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Corrections ("Department") and Centurion of Florida, LLC ("Contractor"), are the Parties to Contract #C2995; WHEREAS, the Parties entered into Contract #C2995 …
FOC and Centurion of Florida Contract-July 2022-June 2023 CONTRACT #C2995 CONTRACT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC This Contract is between the Florida Department of Corrections (“Department” or “FDC”) and Centurion of Florida, LLC ("Contractor"), which are the parties hereto. WITNESSETH Whereas, the Department is …
Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Tough-on-Crime Republicans Retaliate Against Rights Restoration Efforts by Jenifer Lockwood and Panagioti Tsolkas The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has concluded an eight-month investigation involving the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s effort to register voters in the county jail. So …
Doe v. Golightly, FL, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JANE DOE, Plaintiff, Civil No. 4:21-,;v-00402-RH-MAF v. PHILIP GOLIGHTLY, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants. STIPULATION FOR COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT It is hereby stipulated by and between the undersigned …
Hartel v. The GEO Group, FL, Order Granting Dft's Motion to Dismiss, Prison Conditions, 2022 Case 9:20-cv-81063-RS Document 63 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2022 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 20-81063-CIV-SMITH STEVE HARTEL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, …
Batchelor v. Rolston, FL, Order Granting in Part Motion to Dismiss, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00232-AW-MAF Document 31 Filed 06/02/22 Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CONNIE BATCHELOR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:21-cv-232-AW-MAF PAUL ROLSTON and …
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner Alleging Sexual Assault by Guard Need Not Also Prove Excessive Force and Malicious Intent by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has decided that when a prisoner alleges sexual assault by a prison official, the only …
Prison Phone Giant GTL Cuts Prices in Miami-Dade Jails, But Only After County Taps COVID-19 Relief Funds to Replace Forfeited Kickbacks by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye When prison telecom company Global Tel*Link (GTL) agreed to slash the price for calls that it charges detainees held by the Miami-Dade Department …
$6,500 Settlement After Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Florida Jail Officials Who Repeatedly Opened Detainee’s Legal Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 12, 2021, a settlement was reached under which four officials at the Duval County Jail (DCJ) in Jacksonville agreed to pay …
