Permanent Injunction for Hepatitis C Treatment Entered for Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court chastised the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) for its “long and sordid history of neglecting” prisoners infected with hepatitis C (HCV). Finding a “risk of such deliberate indifference …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Memorandum, Prison Conditions, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 42 Filed 09/06/19 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ) MARK S. INCH, et al., ) ) …
$185,000 Settlement in Beating of Florida Jail Prisoner; Guard Convicted by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has paid $185,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a jailer assaulted a pretrial detainee. Audra West was booked into the North Broward Detention Facility on April …
Former Florida Senator Now Employed by Private Prison Company He Helped While in the State Senate by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After Florida Senate President Joe Negron stepped down from his office in the legislature, he was immediately hired by the same private prison company that he …
Final Settlement Entered in 1976 Class-Action Suit Against Florida Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In August 1976, a lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal district court alleging numerous constitutional violations at the Broward County jail, including overcrowding. Two years later the case was certified as a class …
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FL Seminole County - Securus Contract Amendment #1 Contract Addendum #1 Seminole County Sheriff's Office Inmate Telephone System In accordance with Section 14. l of the Inmate Telephone Services Agreement for the provision of an Inmate Telephone System at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility, which became effective on December …
FL Seminole County - Securus Contract Amendment #2 SECOND AMENDMENT TO INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES AGREEMENT THIS SECOND AMENDMENT is made and entered into this _ _ day of June, 2016 and is to that certain Agreement made and entered into on the 14th day of December, 2014 between Securus Technologies, …
FL Seminole County - Securus Contract Amendment #3 2017-2018 I l i i i THIRD AMENDMENT TO I lNMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES AGREEMENT I TfilS THIRD AMENDMENT is made and entered into this 27-+hday of November, 2017 and is to that certain Agreement made and entered into on the 8th day …
FL Seminole County - Securus Contract Amendment #4 .F ourth Amendment to Seminole County Sheriff's Office Inmate Telephone System 111is Fourth Amendment is made and entered into as of the last date signed by either party and amends that ce1tain Agreement made and entered into on the g•h day of …
FL Washington County - ICS contract 2018-2021 1012912018 14:18 Washington county Jail (f~SO 638 6118 P.0121021 INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES AGREEMENT Thie Inmate Telephone Servlcn Aepeement rAQreomaptj I& made by and betWeen Inmate CalUng SOIUtlone, LLC, dlb/a ICSolutlona (11.IQI"), having Its prlnGlpal place of bualn988 at 2200 Danbury Street. San Antonio, …
FL Seminole County - Securus Contract 2014-2017 , SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered by and between the Seminole County Sheriffs Office, hereinafter referred to as the SHERIFF, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, whose address is 100 Bush …
Motions to Dismiss by Corizon and Wexford Denied in Lawsuit Over Florida Prisoner’s Double Leg Amputation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2018, a federal district court in Florida denied motions to dismiss by Wexford Health Sources and Corizon Health in a medical deliberate indifference case where …
Florida: No Qualified Immunity for Jail Medical Staff in Prisoner’s Death by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has held that a doctor and nurse at the Orange County Jail (OCJ) were not entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit filed by the estate of …
Florida Prisons and Jails Retaliate Against Prisoners Who File Lawsuits by Countersuing for Costs of Incarceration by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When 48-year-old Michelle Tierney died of an infected wound on her leg while in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in October 2014, her family …
Gruver, et al. v. Barton, et al., FL, complaint, SB7066 unconstitutional voter disfranchisement, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-00121-MW-GRJ Document 1 Filed 06/28/19 Page 1 of 74 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Gainesville Division JEFF GRUVER, EMORY MARQUIS “MARQ” MITCHELL, BETTY RIDDLE, KRISTOPHER WRENCH, KEITH IVEY, …
Class Action Challenges Theft of Millions of Digital Music Files from Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A class-action lawsuit accuses the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of confiscating prisoners’ “lawfully purchased property without compensation” so the department and its vendor, JPay, could realize profit through …
Florida City, County Decide to End Use of Prisoner Slave Labor by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In January 2019, the city of Gainesville, Florida followed the lead of Alachua County by deciding to terminate its contract with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to provide prisoner work …
PLN Interviews Randy Berg, Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Paul Wright by Paul Wright On December 27, 2018, Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright interviewed Randall C. Berg, Jr., executive director of the Florida Justice Institute (FJI) in Miami. It is fair to say that no one has …
Allen v. A.E. New Jr, Inc, FL, Class Settlement and General Release, Failure to Protect, 2019 IN THE CIRCU£T COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, .FLORIDA CLARKE ALLEN, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, Individually and on behalf of a class of Persons defined below, v. A. E. …
