32 Years on Death Row by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi When William Lee Thompson committed the murder that landed him on Florida's death row, Gerald Ford was president. Thompson has now been incarcerated for almost 33 years, most of it under sentence of death. He has spent …
$250,000 Settlement After Federal Prison Bus Accident by Numerous federal prisoners brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after sustaining injuries during a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison bus accident. The suit settled for $250,000 in 1998. Federal prisoners were being transported on a BOP bus …
BOP Sued For Federal Prisoner's Negligent Blinding by Ex Florida federal prisoner Luis Monroy Vargas brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1999 after becoming blind in one eye. Federal Bureau of Prisons personnel at three facilities failed to treat him properly after an object fell into …
Florida Federal Prisoner Commits Suicide While Being Monitored by A Florida deceased federal prisoner's wife, Lillian Diaz, and on behalf of the decedent's minor son, brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1996. Her husband, federal prisoner Alejandro Diaz, committed suicide while in the care of Federal …
Florida Federal Prisoner's Negligently Treated Seizures Result in Paralysis by Florida federal prisoner Harold Wood brought a federal tort action against the United States in 2001 after Bureau of Prisons medical personnel failed to follow medical advice resulting in permanent disabling injuries. The $30 million suit settled for an undisclosed …
Negligent Federal Prisoner's Medical Care Leads To Permanent Hearing Loss by Florida federal prisoner Walter Hernandez, Jr., brought a federal tort action against the Bureau of Prisons in 1998 after medical personnel were negligent in diagnosing and treating his ear infections. Permanent hearing loss resulted. The $5 million suit settled …
Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program by Brandon Sample Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program by Brandon Sample Bill C. Campbell, the former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, was returned to federal prison after it was discovered he had lied to …
Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse by Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse Three recent incidents at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Florida demonstrate a culture of abuse at the facility. One of the incidents involved a guard dumping a quadriplegic prisoner from …
CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies by When Dorothy Dian Palinchik was booked into Florida’s Pinellas County Jail (PCJ) on February 13, 2008 for stealing a $9.00 Philly cheesesteak sandwich from a grocery store, she was seemingly healthy. Two weeks later she died of pneumonia and …
Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges by Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges In July 2008, former Prison Health Services (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for prescribing drugs for monetary gain and trafficking in controlled substances. The six-month …
115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules by Changes to Florida’s rules for restoration of civil rights were made in April 2007; since that time, 115,232 former felons have had their rights to vote, serve on juries, run for office, and obtain various business licenses restored. That …
Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner by A former nurse at Florida’s Miami Regional Juvenile Detention Center has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence related to the death of a teenage prisoner. The guilty plea comes five years after the death of 17-year-old Omar …
Florida Prison Employees Awarded $630,000 for Subjection to Prisoner “Gunners” by Florida Prison Employees Awarded $630,000 for ?Subjection to Prisoner “Gunners” On May 15, 2008, a federal jury awarded $45,000 to each of 14 former female employees at Florida’s Martin Correctional Institution, finding the women had been subjected to lewd …
Florida Sheriff Sued for Awarding No-Bid Health Care Contract, Receiving Gifts by Florida Sheriff Sued for Awarding No-Bid ?Health Care Contract, Receiving Gifts Prison Health Services (PHS) has sued the sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida for awarding the jail’s health care contract to rival Armor Correctional Health Services without taking …
4 Year Statute of Limitations Applies to 1983 Claims Filed in Florida by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action filed by a person in Florida has a four-year statute of limitations. The Court’s holding reversed a Florida federal district court’s dismissal …
Florida’s Impact Rule Exception Exists for Negligent Disclosure of HIV Test by by David M. Reutter Florida’s Supreme Court has held that a laboratory or health service provider has a duty to maintain the confidentiality of an HIV test, and that the state’s “impact rule” does not bar a cause …
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised by Florida State death row prisoner Ian Lightbourne challenged the State's lethal injection procedures after the improper implementation of an execution. Revisions were made to the methods used and the petition was dismissed. The duration of the "botched" execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 was …
Florida Lethal Injection Methods Revised by Florida State death row prisoner Ian Lightbourne challenged the State's lethal injection procedures after the improper implementation of an execution. Revisions were made to the methods used and the petition was dismissed. The duration of the "botched" execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 was …
Thomas v. McNeil, FL, Order, Chemical Agents on Prisoners, 2009 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JEREMIAH THOMAS, KELVIN FRAZIER, REGINALD WILLIAMS, PAUL ECHOLS, MICHAEL McKINNEY, CHARLES MORGAN1 and ANTONIO WARD, Plaintiffs, vs. Case No. 3:04-cv-917-J-32JRK WALTER McNEIL and RANDALL BRYANT, in their official capacities, Defendants. …
Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending by Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending The City of Miami has agreed to pay $2.2 million to a mentally ill man who served 22 years in prison for a rape and multiple murders he did …
