News in Brief by Alabama: A jail guard in Chilton County, Alabama, was arrested on July 21, 2022, and charged with promoting contraband, the Clanton Advertiser reported. The guard, Tyler Ryan Couch, is accused of organizing an effort to smuggle drugs to detainees. Though jail policy forbids guards from transmitting …
Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 5, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) warned employees that certain t-shirts worn by visitors to state prisons “are considered inflammatory and a potential threat to security.” So what messages …
Cair Florida v. Nocco, FL, Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Censorship, 2022 Filing # 157331829 E-Filed 09/13/2022 04:17:27 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA CAIR FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner vs. CIVIL DIVISION, CASE NO. CHRISTOPHER NOCCO, SHERIFF OF PASCO COUNTY, in …
Florida Now Digitizing Incoming Mail for State Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Starting from a four-prison pilot launched on January 18, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) has now banned state prisoners at all 128 of its facilities from receiving any tangible routine mail. Instead they …
Florida Supreme Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Appeal That Was Dismissed for Lack of Prison Date Stamp by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 4, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida held that the state’s First District Court of Appeal erred in not accepting a prisoner’s notice of appeal for …
News in Brief by Alabama: A federal prisoner in Birmingham was gunned down outside a privately-operated reentry facility on July 16, 2022. The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Rebuttal Expert Declaration of Craig Haney, Solitary Confinement, 2022 Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 431-3 Filed 08/29/22 Page 1 of 71 E X H I B I T C EXHIBIT C Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 431-3 Filed 08/29/22 Page 2 of 71 01234567383476527392360936 193491652739236692586 3888774465227216 6 80811685 294!66 66 …
Batchelor v. Rolston, FL, Notice of Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00232-AW-MAF Document 48 Filed 08/16/22 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CONNIE BATCHELOR, SHAQUILA BUMPASS, JENNIFER CASTRO, and QRUINTRELL COOK, SANDRA SIMON, and BETH FARBER, Plaintiffs, Case No. 4:21-cv-232-AW-MAF …
Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Panagioti Tsolkas, Jenifer Lockwood Tough-on-Crime Republicans Retaliate Against Rights Restoration Efforts by Jenifer Lockwood and Panagioti Tsolkas In February 2022, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) concluded an eight-month investigation involving the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s effort to register …
Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Guaranteed income is a wayto recognize everyone’s inherent dignity,” declared an op-ed in Florida’s Gainesville Sun on November 5, 2021. Penned by Mayor Lauren Poe (D) and Kevin Scott, …
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 …
