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Dreams-Deferred-Florida-Juvenile-Fees-Report-2022 FFJC

Publication • 2022

Filed under: Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Juveniles, Fines

Dreams-Deferred-Florida-Juvenile-Fees-Report-2022 FFJC Table of Contents I. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 3 II. Key Findings …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….. 4 III. How Juvenile Fees and Court Costs Pile Up……………………………………………………….…… 6 IV. Fees Harm Youth, Families, and the Community……………………………………………….……. 7 V. Juvenile Fee Revenue is Not Worth the Cost…………………………………………………….…….. 10 VI. Organizations that Oppose Fees on Youth……………………………………………………….………. …

Centurion of Florida, LLC- Providers Manual- June 2022

Publication • June 1, 2022

Filed under: Centurion

Centurion of Florida, LLC- Providers Manual- June 2022 ~ ~ centurion™ Centurion of Florida, LLC Provider Manual Version 3.1 June 2022 ~ ~ Provider Manual centurion. Table of Contents CENTURION OF FL Overview ......................................................................................................................... 5 CENTURION OF FL Guiding Principles ........................................................................................................... 5 CENTURION OF FL Approach......................................................................................................................... 5 CENTURION OF FL …

“Master Jo,” Florida Prison Employee, Arrested for Trafficking in Contraband and Soliciting a Hit from Undercover Detective

Article • May 23, 2022

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

“Master Jo,” Florida Prison Employee, Arrested for Trafficking in Contraband and Soliciting a Hit from Undercover Detective by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On April 11, 2022, an academic instructor at a south Florida lockup managed for the state Department of Corrections by private prison contractor GEO Group, …

Four Florida Guards Charged in Fatal Beating of Elderly, Mentally Ill State Prisoner

Article • May 23, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Mental Health

Four Florida Guards Charged in Fatal Beating of Elderly, Mentally Ill State Prisoner by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On April 29, 2022, nearly ten weeks after the death in transport of an elderly and mentally ill state prisoner, a fourth guard with the state Department of Corrections …

Florida Justice Institute-Objections to Form DC6-20001, May 2022

Publication • May 17, 2022

Filed under: Telephones

Florida Justice Institute-Objections to Form DC6-20001, May 2022 IID PO Box 370747 Miami, FL 33137 305.358.2081 – Fax 305.358.0910 www.floridajusticeinstitute.org FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE >--------------------------May 17, 2022 Via Email Office of the General Counsel Attn. FDC Rule Correspondence 501 South Calhoun Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399 FDCRuleCorrespondence@fdc.myflorida.com Re: Objections to Form DC6-20001 …

News in Brief

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …

Multiple Florida DOC Guards Convicted of Assault, Smuggling and Child Sex Abuse

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Guard Misconduct

Multiple Florida DOC Guards Convicted of Assault, Smuggling and Child Sex Abuse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On March 6, 2022, a judge in Citrus County, Florida, handed down a prison term to a former state prison guard for child sex abuse, just days after three other …

Nine Deaths in Three Years at CoreCivic Jail in Florida, None From COVID-19

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Wrongful Death

Nine Deaths in Three Years at CoreCivic Jail in Florida, None From COVID-19 by The Citrus County Detention Facility(CCDF) in Lecanto, Florida, serves a modest-sized county with a population of 149,383, slightly over the average in all 2,843 jail jurisdictions in the U.S. The mortality rate in all U.S. jails …

Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces

Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Sewage

Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces by Alleen Brown by Alleen Brown The flooding in Dixie County, Florida, began in July, brought on by Tropical Storm Elsa. Then the rains kept falling. By August, the ground was saturated, and the semirural county …

At Least 35 Florida DOC Employees and Contractors Arrested in Just Over a Year

Article • April 28, 2022

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct

At Least 35 Florida DOC Employees and Contractors Arrested in Just Over a Year by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott An examination of Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) employee and contractor arrests from March 2021 to April 2022 revealed that 18 were charged with introducing contraband, and another …

ICE Continues to Abuse and Traumatize Under Biden. Immigrants Are Fighting Back.

Article • April 12, 2022

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Detention - Generally

ICE Continues to Abuse and Traumatize Under Biden. Immigrants Are Fighting Back. by Panagioti Tsolkas, Rebecca Talbot This story is published in partnership with Truthout   Just after dawn on September 16, 2021, E.E. and six other African immigrant men were resting in their bunks at the Glades County Detention Center …

News In Brief

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Arizona: After two escaped prisoners were recaptured and returned to the Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 31, 2021, Phoenix station KNXV reported that at least part of the blame for their escape was assigned to short-staffing of guards at the state Department of Corrections …

ICE Settles Florida Detention Facility COVID-19 Class Action, All Detainees Offered Vaccination

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: COVID-19, Immigration Law/Offenses

ICE Settles Florida Detention Facility COVID-19 Class Action, All Detainees Offered Vaccination by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On December 22, 2021, a Florida federal court approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities in …

After Two Detainee Deaths, CoreCivic Hit With $2,500 Daily Fine for Chronically Short-Staffed Florida Jail

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Staffing

After Two Detainee Deaths, CoreCivic Hit With $2,500 Daily Fine for Chronically Short-Staffed Florida Jail by On February 15, 2022, an on-going staffing crisis at Florida’s Citrus County Detention Facility (CCDF) prompted county officials to start fining its privately contracted operator, Tennessee-based CoreCivic, $2,500 a day for running the prison …

Vidal v. FDOC, FL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022

Brief • March 25, 2022

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Vidal v. FDOC, FL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELEASING ALL CLAIMS WHEREAS, MARIA VIDAL, the Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ANTHONY VIDAL ("Vidal") acknowledges that she and the FLORIDA DEPARTMENT Of CORRECTIONS ("FDOC"),FREDRICKLESTER,MARCFLEURJEAN,JEFFREYLAMELAS,andJULIO MONROY, collectively known as the "Parties," are in litigation over a negligence and civil …

HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: Armor Correctional Health Services, Public Records, PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services by 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 …

Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders by On September 8, 2021, a former guard with the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) was sentenced to 33 months in prison and two years of supervised release for “conspiring to assault youthful offender inmates at the South Florida …

News in Brief

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …

Estate of Davon Gillians v. Lane, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2022

Brief • February 28, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Accidents

Estate of Davon Gillians v. Lane, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 5:22-cv-00115 Document 1 Filed 02/28/22 Page 1 of 17 PageID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OCALA DIVISION Case No. ROBERT CONYERS JR., as Personal Representative of the Estate of DAVON GILLIANS, v. …

Miller v. FDOC, FL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2022

Brief • February 24, 2022

Filed under: Excessive Force

Miller v. FDOC, FL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2022 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OCALA DIVISION OTIS MILLER, Plaintiff, CASE NO: 5:20-cv-323 vs. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, MILTON GASS, JOSHUA PETERSILGE, IAN GRETKA, HUNTER LINGO, JOSEPH JAMES, SCOTT WILSON, and CHEYENNE JORDAN, Defendants, -----------------I RELEASE WHEREAS, Plaintiff …