Florida Jail Administrators Fired After Woman Gives Birth in Cell by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A jail prisoner in Broward County gave birth in her cell recently, with staff ignoring her pleas for help until just prior to delivery. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony fired two top administrators …
News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
Florida Senator Wants to Keep Ex-Prisoners from Earning the $15 Minimum Wage Increase by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Republican Senator Jeffrey Brandes of Saint Petersburg filed a bill to exclude certain Florida citizens from benefiting from the increased minimum-wage measure, known as Amendment 2, passed by well over 60% …
Florida Prison Guard Indicted in Prisoner Death by Blunt Force Trauma by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Michael Raymond Riley, a former Florida prison guard, was charged with second-degree murder for killing a prisoner “by causing blunt force trauma to be inflicted on the victim’s neck or head area,” …
Barnett v. USA, FL, Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION ASHLEY BARNETT Plaintiff, Case No. 4:20-cv-449-RH-MAF v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and PAUL ROLSTON, Defendants. STIPULATION FOR COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS Plaintiff. ASHLEY BARNETT. an individual. …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Joint Motion for Confidentiality Order, Solitary Confinement, 2021 Case 3:19-cv-01147-HES-PDB Document 57 Filed 03/17/21 Page 1 of 13 PageID 671 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION CASE NO. 3:19-cv-1147-J-20 PDB JAC'QUANN HARVARD, Plaintiff, v. MARK S. INCH, as Secretary of …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Joint Motion for HIPAA Qualified Protective Order, Solitary Confinement, 2021 Case 3:19-cv-01147-HES-PDB Document 58 Filed 03/17/21 Page 1 of 8 PageID 684 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION CASE NO. 3:19-cv-1147-J-20 PDB JAC'QUANN HARVARD, Plaintiff, v. MARK S. INCH, as …
News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Florida Prisoner Accused of Assaulting Guard After Video Surfaces by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prosecutors dismissed felony aggravated assault charges against jail detainee Mike Neal and placed three guards under criminal investigation for battery and official misconduct after previously unreported video surfaced of the incident …
Federal Trade Commission v. Inmate Magazine Service, FL, Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-00294-TKW-HTC *SEALED* Document 8 Filed 02/22/21 Page 1 of 72 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, protective order to prevent retaliation against prisoners, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-MAF Document 240 Filed 02/08/21 Page 1 of 53 Page 1 of 53 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Case No. 4:19cv212-MW-MAF …
Florida State Prisons Scrub Key COVID Data From Website, Obscuring Magnitude of Inmate Deaths and Infections by Laura Cassels by Laura Cassels, Florida Phoenix, January 5, 2021 With nearly 200 inmates killed by COVID-19, Florida’s state prison system is now ranked the deadliest in the nation for coronavirus deaths. But …
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) on August 6, 2020 agreed to pay $4.65 million to prisoner Cheryl Weimar, who was beaten “to within an inch of her life” …
Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Sued in Federal Court for Treatment of Transgender Prisoner by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Karla Bello, who claims that she was mistreated by Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office employees while in custody for 11 days for unpaid parking tickets, filed suit on September 10, 2020 …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
South Florida: Jail Hotline Releases Report on Inadequate Health Care During Pandemic by Saraana Jamraj by Saraana Jamraj As the coronavirus pandemic has continued to devastate people, especially the vulnerable and marginalized, the COVID-19 Hotline for Incarcerated People (CHIP) has brought to light the dangerously insufficient response and deeply inhumane …
State of Florida v. Cure, FL, Agreed Order Vacating Judgment and Sentence, Wrongful Conviction, 2020 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA, Plaintiff, ) ) V. ) ) Case No. 03-019405CF10A ) LEONARD CURE, Defendant. ) ) MURPHY (FX) …
Hoever v. Carraway, Correctional Officer, et al., FL, Motion with attached Amici Curiae Brief, 2020 USCA11 Case: 17-10792 Date (1 ofFiled: 40) 12/02/2020 Page: 1 of 12 No. 17-10792 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit CONRAAD L. HOEVER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellant, v. C. CARRAWAY, Correctional Officer, …
Hoever v. Carraway, Correctional Officer, et al., FL, Motion with attached Amici Curiae Brief, 2020 USCA11 Case: 17-10792 Date (1 ofFiled: 40) 12/02/2020 Page: 1 of 12 No. 17-10792 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit CONRAAD L. HOEVER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellant, v. C. CARRAWAY, Correctional Officer, …
