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$700,000 Settlement in BOP Prisoner’s Death After Court Refuses to Extend Bivens by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint in the death of a prisoner held by the …
Brief • August 20, 2024
State v. Trejo, FL, Juvenile Resentencing Order, Miller Resentencing, 2024 Filing # 205089436 E-Filed 08/20/2024 09:17:08 AM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA, CASE NO.:50-2007-CF-017817-JXXX-MB CRIMINAL DIVISION (S) – Circuit vs. ROBERTO TREJO, Defendant. _______________________________/ JUVENILE RESENTENCING …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Bar Complaint Revives 10-Year-Old Question: Why No Charges Filed Against Florida Guards Who Killed Prisoner? by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A dustup between Republican politicians landed in Florida’s Charlotte County Circuit Court on February 15, 2024, when presiding Judge Lisa Porter reserved ruling on disclosure of grand jury …
Florida Court Strikes $10 Million of $16 Million Judgment Against Armor Correctional Health in Jail Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 30, 2023, a Florida court entered final judgment awarding $6 million to the estate of a detainee who died at Santa Rosa County Jail (SRCJ) …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 24, 2024, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told the Birmingham News that county jail guard Tony Dewayne Jackson, 29, had been arrested for smuggling “non-­drug” contraband into the lockup. Jackson was no longer working at the jail, but Smith didn’t say how or …
Florida Jail Chief’s Firing Upheld, Retaliation Lawsuit Headed to Trial by On February 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida scheduled trial to begin two years later on the claim of former Volusia County Corrections Director Mark Flowers, 60, that he was fired in retaliation …
Brief • August 2, 2024
In Re Armor Health Management LLC Liquidation, Aug. 02, 2024 Filing # 203950828 E-Filed 08/02/2024 02:48:49 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: ARMOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC, and ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK, INC. Assignor, …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Education
Pell Grant Restoration Not Reaching All Prisoners by Marina Bueno, an incarcerated writer, hopes to attend college but faces a harsh reality—no college classes are offered at her Florida women’s prison in Homestead. In fact, only 326 out of 80,000 state prisoners were enrolled in a college class as of …
Brief • July 1, 2024
Knox v. Bradshaw, FL,Settlement, Excessive Force, 2024 PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FLSS Exemption Sheet X FSS ☐ 119.071(2)(c) ☐ 112.533(2)(a) Open Internal Affairs investigation. ☐ 119.071(2)(d) Surveillance techniques, procedures, and personnel; inventory of law enforcement resources, policies, or plans pertaining to mobilization, deployment, or tactical operations. ☐ 119.071(3)(a), 281.301 …
Other Jails Study Miami Diversion Program to Keep Mentally Ill from Repeated Incarceration by Faced with repeated jail admissions of people suffering from schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses (SMI), the city of Miami has developed one of the nation’s most comprehensive diversion programs, focusing on treatment and community integration …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Suicides
Florida County Pays $300,000 to Settle Jail Suicide Suit by Matthew Clarke On October 17, 2023, the estate of a detainee who committed suicide in Florida’s Escambia County Jail accepted $300,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. Lukas MacKenzie Snelson, 24, was arrested on December 30, 2021, for second …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) leaders have come before the state legislature repeatedly to warn that it is a system operating in crisis. In a presentation on November 15, 2023, by global consulting …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Watchdog Finds “Alarming Conditions” at BOP Women’s Lockup in Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   When confronted with prisoner complaints, officials often produce glowing inspection reports and blame prisoners for destroying prison infrastructure. All too often, though, inept supervision is to blame for failure to maintain facilities. …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
HRDC Files Suit for Exonerated Florida Prisoner Wrongfully Incarcerated Over 44 Years by On April 17, 2024, the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center—which publishes PLN and Criminal Legal News—filed suit in federal court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of Willie Williams, Jr., 79, seeking redress for over …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Florida Prisons Playing “Whack-a-Mole” With Jailbroken Tablets by In an essay published in Slate on December 14, 2023, former Florida prisoner Ryan Moser said that officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) were “essentially playing whack-a-mole” in their efforts to combat an epidemic of “jailbreaking” prison-issued electronic tablets. The …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Drug Overdose
Two Sentenced in Detainee’s Fentanyl Death at North Florida Jail by Two detainees at Florida’s Okaloosa County Jail were sentenced to federal prison on April 5, 2024, for smuggling fentanyl into the lockup and providing it to a detainee, who overdosed and died on Christmas Eve 2022. Gary Chase, 30, …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Dismissal Affirmed of Florida Prisoner’s Claim for Exposure to Human Waste by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 11, 2023, the Supreme Court of the U.S. declined to issue a writ of certiorari to hear a Florida prisoner’s appeal to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Article • April 26, 2024
Filed under: Employee Litigation
$1.4 Million Verdict for Florida Jail Guard Injured in Transport Van Crash by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 20, 2021, a Florida jury awarded $1.4 million to Bradford County Jail guard Clinton Jenkins, 53. The jury’s award was based on its finding that the truck driver who …
Article • April 26, 2024
Florida Supreme Court Bans ‘Vexatious’ Prisoner From Filing Further Pro Se Petitions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Florida directed its Clerk to “reject any future pleadings or other requests for relief” submitted by state prisoner Daryl A. Sanders, “unless such …
Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …
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