HRDC letter to Escambia County, FL re proposed jail on Superfund site - Nov. 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS November 12, 2015 Re: Vote on New Jail Proposed for Former EPA Superfund Site Dear Commissioners, The controversy of a proposal for a new jail in …
$3 Million Settlement in Florida County Detainee’s Withdrawal Symptom Death by $3 Million Settlement in Florida County Detainee’s Withdrawal Symptom Death Orange County, Florida, paid $3 Million to settle a lawsuit that alleged a pre-trail detainee died from drug withdrawal symptoms caused by the failure to provide her required methadone …
Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s IQ Rule for Death Penalty Exemption Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida’s “rigid rule” that requires defendants to have an IQ of 70 or less before they can present mitigating evidence of an intellectual disability “creates an unacceptable risk …
News in Brief by News in Brief California: On April 21, 2015, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced that 30 body cameras would soon be deployed by jailers working within Jail No. 4. He said he hopes that the new equipment will emphasize transparency and accountability in his department, which …
Florida Officers Not Covered By Indemnity Fund When Committing Unforeseen Crimes by Florida Officers Not Covered By Indemnity Fund When Committing Unforeseen Crimes A Florida circuit court held a woman who was sexually assaulted by a lieutenant while she was a prisoner at the Indian River County Jail could not …
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
Two Florida Guards Charged in Assault of Prisoner by David Reutter Two Florida Guards Charged in Assault of Prisoner by David Reutter Two former guards from Florida’s Pinellas County Jail were arrested and charged with official misconduct after one of them assaulted a prisoner. As prisoner Casio Burton, 28, was …
Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has partially reversed it blanket ban on tobacco products, allowing prisoners at work release centers to possess up to 10 …
Florida Coalition Letter to U.S. Dept. of Justice, Request for CRIPA Investigation into the Florida DOC, 2015 October 15, 2015 Ms. Vanita Gupta Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Main Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: …
$475,000 Settlement Paid in Tallahassee Suit Alleging Police Misconduct by $475,000 Settlement Paid in Tallahassee Suit Alleging Police Misconduct The City of Tallahassee has agreed to pay $475,000 to plaintiffs to settle their suit claiming police misconduct that violated the plaintiffs’ rights under federal and state law. Christina West crashed …
Ealy v. GEO Group, 11th Cir, Appellant Reply Brief, RA limitations sovereign immunity, 2015 No. 14-14199 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT EARVIN EALY, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. GEO GROUP, INC., et al. Defendant/Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court For the Middle District of …
Hall v. Merola, FL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2015 Case 3:15-cv-01054-BJD-PDB Document 9 Filed 09/29/15 Page 1 of 18 PageID 79 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA "J" o c\s SoDV '"~vi sion '' AMEtJDE.1' ., CIVIL RIGHTS liQMPLAINT FORM W·E NdAll Je.rma1Nr. ):IALL cAsENUMBER:31}5-c.\l-lo54-J-acifc)l, (To be supplied by …
Ninth Circuit Finds Forfeited Assets Satisfy Restitution Order; Eleventh Circuit Disagrees by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Finds Forfeited Assets Satisfy Restitution Order; Eleventh Circuit Disagrees by Derek Gilna Greg Carter served a 70-month federal prison sentence for defrauding U.S. airlines with phony tickets, along with several co-defendants. As part of …
News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …
$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death by $1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death Wexford Health Services paid $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from the 2004 death of Florida prisoner, Sergio Morejon, age 36. Just nine months shy of his release, Morejon got …
Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets by Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets On October 14, 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals found for Appellee Eric Arem, contesting a traffic citation issued by a private company that installed, implemented, and enforced a red-light camera ticketing …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Complaint, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2015 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 1 Filed 09/16/15 Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division TRACY COPELAND, AMADO PARRA, and ARCHIE GREEN, individually and on behalf of a Class of persons similarly …
Court Finds for Defendants in Juvenile Class-Action Against Florida County Sheriff and Corizon by On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida and the jail’s health care provider, Corizon Health Inc., for violating the constitutional rights of its juvenile prisoners. Plaintiffs filed for …
Stanley v. Broward County Sheriff, FL, Order, employee rehire political retaliation dispute, 2015 Case 0:12-cv-62406-WJZ Document 151 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/01/2015 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 12-62406-CIV-ZLOCH JEFFREY STANLEY, Plaintiff, O R D E R vs. BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF, Defendant. …
