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, …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Hernandez v. United States, FL, Complaint, Misdiagnosis Causing Permanent Disability, 2011 Case 5:11-cv-00370-EAK-TBS Document 16 Filed 12/15/11 Page 1 of 17 PageID 188 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Ocala Division ROBERT LEE HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 5:11-cv-00370-EAK-TBS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. / FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT …
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Motion Approve Class Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133 Filed 12/01/11 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION MARCIE HAMILTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:10-cv-355 MCR/EMT WENDELL HALL, Defendant. / JOINT MOTION FOR …
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Settlement, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR-EMT Document 133-1 Filed 12/01/11 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 MCR/EMT WENDELL HALL, Defendant. / SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE Plaintiff, …
Prison Legal News v. Mayo, Florida DOC Censorship Complaint, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-24145-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2011 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No: ______________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit, Washington charitable corporation, …
Brown v. Haddock, FL, New Trial Motion, Police Excessive Force, 2011 Case 5:10-cv-00130-RS-GRJ Document 83 Filed 11/17/11 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION RALPH WALTER BROWN, et al., Case No.: 5:10-cv-130-RS Plaintiffs, v. HON. BOBBY HADDOCK, et …
Prison Legal News v. Everglades CI - Mayo, FL, Complaint, censorship, 2011 Case 1:11-cv-24145-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/17/2011 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No: ______________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit, Washington …
Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families by A video visitation system has been installed at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail. Using money from the Inmate Welfare Fund, which is derived from profits from the canteen and other services to prisoners, the jail installed a system that …
$2 Million Verdict in Florida Public Strip Search and Illegal Detention Suit by A Florida federal jury awarded a total of $2 million to three people subject to an illegal detention and search after a midnight traffic stop and drug investigation. The July 2001 incident lasted over four hours. After …
Attorney Admonished for Improper Advertising by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On December 26, 2006, the Florida Bar admonished an attorney for sending improper advertisements to prisoners. David Milo Lamos, a Florida attorney, sent a direct mail advertisement to prisoners. The advertisement contained statements creating “unjustified expectations,” was not marked …
Booking Photos Not Subject to Disclosure Under FOIA by The U.S. Marshals Service does not have to turn over mug shot photos in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck ruled December 14, 2009. Theodore Karanstalis, a freelance reporter, submitted a FOIA …
