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Article • December 12, 2017
Injunction Requiring Kosher Diet in Florida Prisons Vacated by Eleventh Circuit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In an unusual opinion based on an issue completely missed by the parties, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated an injunction that required the State of Florida …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
Health Care Crisis Declared at Florida Women’s Reception Center; Voids Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Correctional Medical Authority (CMA) declared a health care emergency at the Florida Women’s Reception Center (FWRC).  The crisis at FWRC is just another red flag since Florida officials privatized it in …
Article • December 11, 2017
Florida Supreme Court Speaks Out of Both Sides of Mouth in Prisoner Sanction Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Florida Supreme Court has issued an unusual opinion in which it simultaneously sanctioned a prisoner for too many filings and pointed out that the prisoner may be serving an …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Judge Orders Florida DOC to Immediately Start Treating Prisoners with HCV by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna For many years, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) has largely denied treatment to prisoners infected with hepatitis C – a blood-borne disease that can have serious long-term health effects. In doing so, …
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: Staffing
Top Florida Prison Brass Forced to Reapply for Their Jobs by The Secretary for Florida’s Department of Corrections (FDC), Julie Jones, required the agency’s top 12 officials to reapply for their jobs. The move affects the positions of the top brass at each of FDC’s three regions. It allowed Jones …
Brief • November 28, 2017
US v. Baptiste, FL, Appeal, Immigration Custody-Imprisonment, 2017 Case: 16-10871 Date Filed: 11/28/2017 Page: 1 of 11 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-10871 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cr-20372-JLK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus EDRISS BAPTISTE, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the …
Brief • November 17, 2017
Hoffer v. Jones, FL, Order for Class Certification, HepC Treatment, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00214-MW-CAS Document 152 Filed 11/17/17 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CARL HOFFER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:17cv214-MW/CAS JULIE L. JONES, in her official capacity as Secretary of …
Brief • November 17, 2017
Hoffer v. Jones, FL, Preliminary Injunction, HepC Treatment, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00214-MW-CAS Document 153 Filed 11/17/17 Page 1 of 32 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CARL HOFFER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:17cv214-MW/CAS JULIE L. JONES, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Florida …
Brief • November 8, 2017
Filed under: Discrimination
Jones v. Jacksonville, FL, Settlement, Jail Employee Discrimination, 2017 1 Introduced by the Council President at the request of the Office of 2 General Counsel: 3 4 5 ORDINANCE 2017-765 6 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING 7 GENERAL 8 BALANCE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SETTLEMENT 9 OF A LAWSUIT FILED BY …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Florida Prisoners Denied Hernia Surgery Reach $2.1 Million Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $2.1 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit alleging the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) and Corizon, the department’s former private medical provider, denied hernia operations to prisoners to save money.  …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Reform of Florida’s Criminal Justice Laws Urged by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida taxpayers spend around $2.3 billion annually on the state’s Department of Corrections – twice what they spend on Florida’s 28 public colleges combined. At least five other states also led by Republican governors and GOP …
Brief • November 2, 2017
Carpenter v. Florida, FL, Opinion, Warrantless Cell Phone Search, 2017 Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC15-2125 ____________ CHRISTOPHER L. CARPENTER, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [November 2, 2017] REVISED OPINION LEWIS, J. Christopher L. Carpenter seeks review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in …
Brief • October 30, 2017
US v. Matthews, FL, Appeal, Falsification of Information, 2017 Case: 16-11191 Date Filed: 10/30/2017 Page: 1 of 23 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-11191 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cr-20576-JEM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ENRIQUE MARTINEZ MATHEWS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal …
Derks v. Corizon Medical, et al., FL, settlement, failure to treat back injury, 2017
Brief • October 27, 2017
R.W. v. Kiser, FL, Settlement, Sexual Assault on Teen in Prison, 2017 R.W. common law or statut01y, which the undersigned now has, or which may hereafter acc1ue, on account of or in any way growing out of, the events, physical assault and/or sexual assault and related injuries which were described …
Kickback publication • October 24, 2017
Florida Phone Contract with Securus Contract #C2372 Amendment #8 CONTRACT AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., THROUGH ITS WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY, T-NETIX TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. This is an Amendment to the Contract between the Florida Department of Corrections (“Department”) and Securus Technologies, Inc. through its wholly …
Kickback publication • October 24, 2017
Securus Amendment 12 thru March 2018
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Eleventh Circuit: Florida Prisoners Must be Provided Kosher Meals by David Reutter by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) must provide prisoners with the option of receiving kosher meals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in affirming a district court’s grant of summary judgment and a permanent …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Voting
Two Federal Courts Find Prison Gerrymandering Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David Reutter Two federal district courts, one in Florida and the other in Rhode Island, have held prison gerrymandering unconstitutional, though one of the orders was overturned on appeal. The rulings are the first of their kind. “This is …
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