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Bearden v. McKeithen et al, FL, Plf Notice of Serving - McKeithen, failure to treat wrongful death jail, 2011
Brief • March 27, 2012
Weekley v. Adkinson, FL, Complaint, Police Killing of Unarmed Victim, 2012 Case 3:12-cv-00139-RS-CJK Document 1 Filed 03/27/12 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION IRIS WEEKLEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffery Weekley and on behalf of …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Exec with GEO Group, which Operates Immigration Detention Facilities, Intimidates Immigrant In-Law by Thomas M. Wierdsma is the Senior Vice President for Project Development at The GEO Group, Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida-based company that, according to its 2010 annual report, operates “a broad range of correctional and detention facilities …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Florida Jail to Discontinue Providing Underwear by David Reutter As a cost-cutting measure, Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd has decided his jail will no longer provide underwear to prisoners. “There’s no state law, there’s no federal law that says we have to provide underwear in the county jail,” he …
Breedlove v. Demings, FL, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death and Fabrication of Evidence, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION ESTATE OF TOREY ADRELL BREEDLOVE by TIFFANY BREEDLOVE as personal representative, on behalf of the Estate and the Survivors, Sons 1 and 2 and Daughters 1 and …
Article • February 15, 2012
Florida U.S. District Court Denies Motion for New Trial in Fourth Amendment Case, Upholds Big Damage Award by A Florida Federal District Court denied a motion for new trial following a jury verdict against Jefferson County deputies, after six days of trial concerning an illegal stop and search made by …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
FBI Looks into Relationship between GEO Group and Former Florida House Speaker by David Reutter In March 2011, PLN reported on the political machinations that led to the construction of Florida’s Blackwater River Correctional Institution (BRCI), which is operated by GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison firm. BRCI was …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Agreement Between Florida DOC and DOT Steals 1,000 Freeworld Jobs by David Reutter With an economic malaise still affecting the nation, millions of people are looking for work. Florida is among the states that have seen job losses over the past four years, and ex-cons are especially hard-pressed to find …
Article • February 15, 2012
Politics as Unusual: Senate President Crosses the Line by Randy Berg Politics as Unusual: Florida Senate President Crosses the Line by Randall C. Berg, Jr. On February 1, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos (R- Melbourne) removed Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) from his position as chairman of the Budget …
Article • February 15, 2012
PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities by PLN Exclusive! Exec with GEO Group, which Operates ICE Facilities, Informs Daughter-in-Law He will Report Her to Immigration Authorities Thomas M. Wierdsma is the Senior Vice President for Project Development at The GEO Group, …
Article • February 15, 2012
Florida: Legislature's Attempt to Shift Overhead Costs of Appointed Counsel for Indigents from State to Counties Deemed Unconstitutional by The Florida Supreme Court has held that section 19 of chapter 2007-62, Laws of Florida, impermissibly shifts responsibility for funding overhead costs of court-appointed counsel from the state to the counties, …
Florida Provides Lesson in How Not to Privatize State Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When Florida lawmakers used a backdoor approach to try to privatize almost 30 state detention facilities in 2011, they likely did not anticipate the outcome. By the time the political dust had settled, …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Alaskan Private Prison Promoter Arrested in Mexico, Extradited to U.S. on Child Sexual Abuse Charges by In the 1980s, Bill Weimar became a rich man when his company, Allvest Corporation, owned and operated a chain of private halfway houses in Alaska. He heavily promoted building a private prison in Alaska, …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
GEO Group Ends Florida PAC by An audit by the Florida Department of State found that the GEO Group, Inc., the nation’s second-largest private prison company, had been violating Florida law by making contributions to politicians from GEO’s Political Action Committee (PAC) in excess of the $500 limit. In a …
Brief • February 13, 2012
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2012 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 158 Filed 02/13/12 Page 1 of 17 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133-1 Fileci12/01/11 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et aL, Plaintiffs, v. No.3: 10-cv-355 MCRIEMT WENDELL …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Florida, Arizona Sell and Lease Back Prisons and Other State Buildings by Like a junkie seeking money for his next fix, the cash-strapped state of Arizona has pawned its possessions – prisons, government office buildings and other real estate – in an effort to balance a budget shortfall, through lease …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Federal Judge Sanctions Florida Sheriff’s Attorney for Threatening Plaintiff with Arrest by On February 10, 2011, a federal judge admonished and sanctioned a Florida lawyer defending Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves for using information obtained from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database to threaten with arrest a plaintiff in …
Brief • January 1, 2012
Mitchell v. McKeithen, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2012 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION RUTH MITCHELL, as Personal CIVIL DIVISION Representative of the ESTATE OF Case No. 5:14-cv-157 JAMES TIMOTHY BUCHANAN, on behalf of the Estate and the Survivors, Jonathan Buchanan, …
Brief • December 28, 2011
Filed under: Pepper Spray/Tear Gas
Paulcin v. Spears, FL, New Trial Motion, Planned Tear Gas Assault, 2011 Case 4:10-cv-00483-RH-WCS Document 96 Filed 12/28/11 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION PROPHET PAULCIN, Case No.: 4:10-cv-483-RH Plaintiff, v. DUANE SPEARS, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Prison Legal News Files Censorship Suit Against Florida DOC by On November 17, 2011 the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute filed a lawsuit on behalf of Prison Legal News in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Named as defendants in the suit are …
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