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Brief • February 1, 2018
Filed under: Voting, Summary Judgment
Hand v. Scott, FL, Order for Summary Judgment, Voting Rights, 2018 Case 4:17-cv-00128-MW-CAS Document 144 Filed 02/01/18 Page 1 of 43 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAMES MICHAEL HAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:17cv128-MW/CAS RICK SCOTT, in his official capacity as Governor of …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Record Number of Florida Prisoners Died in 2016, 2017 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A record number of prisoners – 356 – died while in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in 2016. Even more died during 2017. Topping the chart in 2016 was Dade …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Clock is Ticking on Understaffing in Florida’s Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Increases in use-of-force incidents, violence and disturbances in Florida prisons have been blamed on understaffing, a problem ticking like a time bomb in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC). Guards employed by the FDOC, …
Bryant and Garcia v. Orange County, FL, second amended complaint, wrongful death, 2018 Case 6:17-cv-01423-GAP-KRS 6:17-cv-01423-GAP-LRH Document 47 46 Filed 01/18/18 Page 1 of 36 PageID 303 267 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION WILLINE BRYANT a/k/a WILLINE GRACIA and MAX GRACIA …
Brief • January 11, 2018
Kirkman v. State of Florida, FL, Opinion, Sentencing, Capital Punishment, 2018 Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC16-808 ____________ VAHTIECE ALFONZO KIRKMAN, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. [January 11, 2018] PER CURIAM. Vahtiece Alfonzo Kirkman appeals his conviction and sentence of death for the first-degree murder of Darice Knowles. …
Brief • January 10, 2018
Chapman v. FDC, FL, Mediation Settlement Agreement, Darren Rainey Death, 2018 ·--+" v. ----------·-------~ --------------------------------·--- -- ------
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Florida Guard Gets 21 Months for Attacking Prisoner, Planting Weapon by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On December 14, 2017, former Floridaprison Sgt. Willie L. Walker was sentenced to almost two years in federal prison for attacking a prisoner and then planting a weapon to justify the beating. In March …
Florida: Private Prison Company Allowed to Overcharge State, Mistreat Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An audit personally overseen by Florida state Rep. David Richardson concluded the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) had approved a pricing scheme that allowed Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now known as CoreCivic, …
Article • January 3, 2018
Federal Circuit: Reasonable Suspicion Required to Search Prison Employee's Car by On May 12, 2003, the court of appeals for the Federal Circuit held that reasonable suspicion was required to search a federal prison employee's car. Derrick A. Wiley was employed as a teacher at a federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • January 3, 2018
Miami Guard Sentenced for Assaulting and Scalding Detainee by A former Miami-Dade jail guard pleaded guilty to assaulting a pretrial detainee.  The incident occurred after an argument between the detainee and guard. Joshua Wiggins, 21, was awaiting trial on cocaine trafficking charges in August 2012 when he got into an …
Political Contributions Drove Juvenile Prison Privatization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida is moving to privatize all of its state-run juvenile detention centers. The move comes despite allegations of abuse at two of the state’s private juvenile detention centers. “These programs offer unique services and facilities that should …
Florida Legislator Tackles Abuse of Juvenile Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida legislator who was disturbed by publicized accounts of violence being inflicted on the state’s juvenile prison is using his experience as an auditor to get to the bottom of the problem and recommend change.  …
Article • December 26, 2017
Claim of Right to Counsel Infringement Survives in Detainees’ Claim of Recorded Attorney Calls by A Florida federal district court granted in part and denied in part a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a civil rights action that alleged the sheriff of Broward County violated the constitutional attorney-client privileges …
Article • December 22, 2017
$9,000 to Florida Jail Inmate for Burned Foot by Matthew Clarke In September 1995, a Florida jail prisoner who had suffered third-degree burns on his foot after a steam kettle in the jail's kitchen spilled boiling water on to him settled the suit he had brought for $9,000. Mr. Lay was …
Article • December 14, 2017
Oregon Habeas Cognizable to Challenge Florida Confinement Under ICC by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals held that prisoners incarcerated in other states under the Interstate Corrections Compact (ICC) may challenge the conditions of their confinement in Oregon habeas corpus actions against Oregon prison officials. In …
Article • December 14, 2017
Florida Prisoner Awarded $70,000 in Excessive Force Claim by A Florida federal jury awarded $70,000 to a prisoner in a civil rights action alleging excessive force and failure to intervene to stop the beating. In the first few weeks he was at the South Florida Reception Center, prisoner Abdelaziz Bilal …
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, …
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