Solitary Confinement: Inhumane, Ineffective, and Wasteful, Southern Poverty Law Center, 2019 SOLITARY CONFINEMENT INHUMANE, INEFFECTIVE, AND WASTEFUL About the Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama, is a nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1971 and dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to …
Harvard, et al. v. Inch, FDOC, FL, class-action complaint, solitary confinement, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 05/08/19 Page 1 of 90 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD; J.H., a minor, by and through his parent and natural guardian, Valentine Robinson; ANGEL MEDDLER; …
Florida Fleeces Prisoners with High Canteen Prices by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has expanded the use of private contractors in the state’s prison system. With an annual budget of about $2.4 billion, the FDOC is increasingly shifting the burden of those …
Search for Mental Health Care Ends Tragically at Florida Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter County jails are ill equipped to care for people with mental health issues. That fact was not known to Vicki Futch, 80, when she called Florida’s Putnam County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) for …
Land v. Roberts, FL, Complaint, Drugs Planted by Officer, 2019 Case 5:19-cv-00120-RH-MJF Document 1 Filed 05/02/19 Page 1 of 54 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION TYLER LAND, MICHAEL BAXTER, HOPE ADKINSON, JUSTIN CALEB CREAMER, DEREK WILLIAM BENEFIELD, KENNETH SHAW, LORA PENN, DARRELL WATKINS, and …
Bryant and Garcia v. Orange County, FL, order, wrongful death, 2019 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION WILLINE BRYANT and MAX GRACIA, SR., Plaintiffs, v. Case No: 6:17-cv-1423-Orl-31LRH ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ROBERT J. BUCK, III , KAREN CLAIRMONT, ELSA GALLOZAGONZALEZ and LYNN MARIE HARTER, Defendants. ORDER …
Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In a lawsuit filed on January 29, 2019, Securus Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s two largest prison telecom companies, accused the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of ignoring provisions of the Florida …
Gaines v. Jones, FL, Order, Prisoner Starved to Death, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-01332-BJD-PDB Document 49 Filed 03/28/19 Page 1 of 54 PageID 282 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION LORINE GAINES, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 3:18-cv-1332-J-39PDB JULIE JONES,1 et al., Defendants. ORDER I. Plaintiff representative Lorine for …
Gaines v. Jones, FL, Order, Prisoner Starved to Death, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-01332-BJD-PDB Document 49 Filed 03/28/19 Page 1 of 54 PageID 282 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION LORINE GAINES, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 3:18-cv-1332-J-39PDB JULIE JONES,1 et al., Defendants. ORDER I. Plaintiff representative Lorine for …
Phillips v. Centurion of Florida, LLC, FL, Declaration of Thomas D. Fowlkes, MD, Medical Neglect, 2019 Case 4:18-cv-00139-MW-CAS Document 177-1 Filed 03/27/19 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA DONNY PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, CASE NUMBER: 4:18-cv-139-MW-CAS vs. JULIE JONES, CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC., et …
Phillips v. Jones, FL, Declaration of Thomas D. Fowlkes, Denial of Medical Care, 2019 Case 4:18-cv-00139-MW-CAS Document 177-1 Filed 03/27/19 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA DONNY PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, CASE NUMBER: 4:18-cv-139-MW-CAS vs. JULIE JONES, CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC., et al., Defendants. …
A Blow to Prison Privatization: Florida Democratic Party Rejects Profiteers’ Contributions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Calling it a victory in the battle against mass incarceration, activists within the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) won passage in July 2018 of a resolution banning donations from private prison companies, their …
Phillips v. Centurion of Florida, LLC, FL, Dft's Notice of Service of Expert Disclosures, Medical Neglect, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA DONNY PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, CASE NUMBER: 4:18-cv-139-MW-CAS vs. JULIE JONES, CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC., et al., Defendants. - - - - - - - …
Phillips v. Jones, FL, Expert Disclosures-Thomas Fowlkes, Denial of Medical Care, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA DONNY PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, CASE NUMBER: 4:18-cv-139-MW-CAS vs. JULIE JONES, CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC., et al., Defendants. - - - - - - - - - - - - …
Phillips v. Jones, Fl, Notice of Service of Expert Disclosures, Denial of Medical Care, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA DONNY PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, CASE NUMBER: 4:18-cv-139-MW-CAS vs. JULIE JONES, CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC., et al., Defendants. - - - - - - - - - …
Allen v. A.E. New Jr, Inc, FL, Final Order Approving Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2019 f ' Filing# 85391222 E-Filed 02/22/2019 05:31 :21 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CLARKE ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, A.E. NEW, JR., INC., et …
Demler v. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, FL, class action complaint, confiscation of prisoners' lawfully purchased digital music and books, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00094-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 02/19/19 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division WILLIAM DEMLER, individually, and on behalf …
SPLC Americans for Immigrant Justice: Prison by Any Other Name - A Report on South Florida Detention Facilities, 2019 PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME A REPORT ON SOUTH FLORIDA DE TENTION FACILITIES ABOUT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama, is a nonprofit …
Florida Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria Requires Hormone Therapy, Social Transitioning Treatment by Following a bench trial, on August 22, 2018 a Florida federal district court held that state prison officials were deliberately indifferent to transgender prisoner Reiyn Keohane’s serious medical condition of gender dysphoria. The court said the denial of hormone …
Florida DOC Agrees to Reform Prisoner Mental Health Care by Disability Rights Florida, the state’s Protection and Advocacy organization for people with disabilities, has reached a settlement agreement with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that includes widespread changes to mental health treatment for prisoners. The agreement was filed in …
