HRDC Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship, for the Third Time in 18 Years by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The publisher of Prison Legal News(PLN)and Criminal Legal News (CLN)filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) on August 10, 2021, for “ongoing censorship” of both monthly publications …
New Clemency Rules Expected to Expedite Civil Rights Restoration in Florida by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Cabinet and Governor Ron DeSantis collaborated to restructure the state’s clemency rules, streamlining the application process and automating certain aspects in an effort to expedite civil rights restoration for ex-offenders. The …
Florida Files Environmental Lawsuit Against Phosphate Company Pollution by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisoners Remain Exposed and Without Evacuation Plans by Panagioti Tsolkas "We kept seeing them move the cows, but they didn’t move us.” That was one reply to a series of interviews with people recently held at the Manatee County …
Florida’s Brutal Prison System Will Continue to Subsidize Rural Economies, With No Meaningful Reform in Sight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When the Florida Legislature opened for its annual 60-day session in March 2021, hopes were high that at least some of the criminal justice reform bills would …
Williams v. City of West Palm Beach, FL, Complaint, Panhandling, 2021 Case 9:21-cv-81537-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/30/2021 Page 1 of 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION Case No.: 9:21-cv-81537 ROSA WILLIAMS, GARY FRASHAW, and THOMAS HYLAND, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF …
Williams v. City of West Palm Beach, FL, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Panhandling, 2021 Case 9:21-cv-81537-DMM Document 4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/30/2021 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION Case No. 9:21-cv-81537-DMM ROSA WILLIAMS, GARY FRASHAW, and THOMAS HYLAND, Plaintiffs, …
USA v. Femmer, FL, Indictment, Wrongful Use of Force, 2021 Case 3:21-cr-00060-MCR *SEALED* Document 3 *SEALED* Filed 08/24/21 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SEALED INDICTMENT ANDREW J. FEMMER 3: 2\-cv- ~/ …
HRDC v. Mark Inch, et al., FL, Complaint, Censorship, 2021 Case 9:21-cv-81391-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/10/2021 Page 1 of 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No.: 9:21-cv-81391 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Jury Trial Demanded Plaintiff, v. MARK S. INCH, in his individual capacity …
HRDC v. Mark Inch, et al., FL, Complaint, Censorship, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release August 10, 2021 Publisher Again Challenges Censorship of Publications by Florida DOC FLORIDA – The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) has filed suit in the United States Southern District of Florida …
Florida Supreme Court Disbars Attorney For Making Sex Films in Jail Visiting Room by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of Florida disbarred a lawyer who pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to multiple instances of making pornographic movies with female prisoners …
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 9, 2021, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he had sexual intercourse with a prisoner in the laundry room at the women’s prison west of Tuscaloosa. According to the Birmingham …
Florida Prisons Face Ongoing Staff Shortages Due to Low Pay And Long Hours by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For the last two decades, theFlorida Department of Corrections (FDC) has faced a staff shortage. Mark Inch, Secretary of the FDC, urged lawmakers earlier this year to provide $26.1 million …
Potential Radioactive Exposure to Manatee County Jail Prisoners in Florida by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Palmetto, Florida, Manatee County Central Jail (MCCJ) and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) received criticism from prisoners’ rights activists when officials decided that 721 prisoners and detainees were exempt from the mandatory evacuation …
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, FL, Ltr Re Proposed Changes to Inmate Mail Screening, 2021 WILTON SIMPSON CHRIS SPROWLS President Speaker THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES COMMITTEE Representative Rick Roth, Chair Senator Ben Albritton, Vice Chair Senator Loranne Ausley Senator Jason Brodeur Senator Danny Burgess Senator Shevrin D. “Shev” Jones …
Burgess v. Inch, FL, Response to Dft FDOC Third Request for Admissions, Solitary Confinement, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHISN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE), KENDRICK, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. CASE NO.: 4:19-cv-00212-MW-MAF MARK S. INCH, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF JEROME BURGESS’ RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF …
Inmate Magazine Service Advertising Results in FTC Complaint by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Inmate Magazine Service (IMS) has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Florida. The Plaintiffs alleged violation of federal and state laws meant to protect consumers in IMS’s failure to …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
En Banc Eleventh Circuit Holds Prisoners Can Seek Punitive Damages Without Physical Injury by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a reversal of its own precedent, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(e) permits claims for punitive damages without a showing of physical injury. …
Gayle v. Meade, FL, Settlement, Covid-19 Vaccine Protocol, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-21553-MGC Document 697-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/28/2021 Page 1 of 10 GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT A Case 1:20-cv-21553-MGC Document 697-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/28/2021 Page 2 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 20-21553-Civ-COOKE/GOODMAN PATRICK …
Messina v. City of Ft Lauderdale, FL, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction, Right to Panhandle, 2021 Case 0:21-cv-60168-RKA Document 56 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/23/2021 Page 1 of 43 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 21-cv-60168-ALTMAN/Hunt MARK MESSINA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, …
