DOJ Launches Investigation into Abuse at Florida Women’s Prison by Prompted by claims of sexual abuse highlighted in a 2015 Miami Herald news report, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into Florida’s Lowell Correctional Institution (LCI), the largest prison for women in the state and the …
Settlement in HRDC Suit Against Solitary Confinement of Juveniles at Florida Jail by On November 15, 2018, the Human Rights Defense Center, PLN’s parent organization, as well as the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Florida and the law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, announced a settlement …
Reply Brief - Prison Legal News v. Secretary, Florida Dept. of Corrections No. 18-355 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, v. Petitioner, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ________________ Respondent. On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the …
Florida Private Prisons Seek $4 Million for Employee Raises by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a show of continued support for privately-operated prisons, the Florida legislature considered giving the state’s for-profit prison contractors a $4 million raise. The GEO Group, MTC and CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America, …
Florida: Suit Continues Against CoreCivic for Rape of Developmentally Disabled Child by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, a U.S. District Court judge set a February 2019 trial date in a civil suit to resolve allegations that CoreCivic – formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America – failed …
Florida District Court Allows Suit Against Prisoner Transport Companies to Proceed by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On July 30, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by Prisoner Transportation Services, LLC (PTS) and its subsidiary, U.S. …
Florida Detainee Died from Deliberate Indifference to Septic Shock, Lawsuit Charges by Nurses at the Orange County jail in Orlando, Florida accused a pretrial detainee of “faking” the painful symptoms that led him to plead for medical care. In reality he had sepsis – blood poisoning caused by an untreated …
PLN Files Cert Petition with Supreme Court Over Florida DOC Censorship by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On September 14, 2018, Prison Legal News submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving censorship by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), which has banned …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Order Granting Class Certification, Preliminary Settlement Approval, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 79 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/16/2018 Page 1 of 4 U N ITED ST ATE S D ISTRIC T C O U RT SO UTH ERN D ISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA CivilN o.l8-cv-8o8lo-M …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Florida Juvenile Solitary Confinement Settlement, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 78-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/15/2018 Page 1 of 43 H.C. at al v. PBSO et al., Civil Action No.: 9:18-cv-80810 Settlement Agreement UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Civil No. 18-cv-80810 – Dimitrouleas/Matthewman H.C., a …
BOP’s Violation of Alcohol Policy Ends in Expungement, Reversal of Disciplinary Sanctions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) violation of its own alcohol policy prompted the expungement of disciplinary reports and reversal of sanctions imposed on two prisoners after they challenged their disciplinary convictions in …
Prisoner Can Face Discipline Yet Still Sue Guard for Excessive Force Under Heck by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 23, 2018 that the “inconsistent-factual-allegation gloss” on Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994) applies only “where the allegation in the [42 U.S.C.] § 1983 complaint is …
Public Outcry Forces Florida DOC to Back Down on Limits to In-Person Visitation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following an onslaught of pressure from the public and action by the Florida legislature’s Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (JAPC), the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was forced to withdraw a …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for Law Professors No. 18-355 IN THE __________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. __________ On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit __________ BRIEF OF LAW PROFESSORS …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for R. Street Institute et al No. 18-355 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ———— On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for Prison Book Clubs No. 18-355 In the Supreme Court of the United States PRISON LEGAL NEWS, PETITIONER v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT BRIEF …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for Faith Organizations No. 18-355 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT BRIEF …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for Civil Rights Organizations No. 18-355 In the PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit BRIEF OF CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for PLN Advertisers NO. 18-355 IN THE PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit BRIEF FOR PRISON LEGAL NEWS’ ADVERTISERS AS …
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for Former Corrections Officials No. 18-355 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ______________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. JULIE L. JONES, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. __________________________ On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court …
