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Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons? by Laura Cepero Florida’s prisons have become notorious for their abuse and neglect of the people in their care. Now, as per an agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) and Disability Rights Florida, the state will be overhauling …
Boyd v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRJNGFIELD DIVISION CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release is made and entered into this _th day of July, 2016, by and between Plaintiff, Latherial Boyd and …
Publication • February 1, 2016
Filed under: Centurion
FDOC and Centurion Contract -Feb. 2016 CONTRACT #C2869 CONTRACT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC This Contract is between the Florida Department of Corrections ("Department") and Centurion of Florida, LLC ("Contractor") which are the parties hereto. WITNESSETH Whereas, the Department is responsible for the inmates …
Oyenik v. Corizon Health, Inc., AZ, Opening Brief, Deliberate Indifference Medical Treatment, 2016 Case: 15-16850, 01/27/2016, ID: 9841902, DktEntry: 13, Page 1 of 38 No. 15-16850 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RONALD EDWARD OYENIK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORIZON HEALTH INC., ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. On Appeal from the …
Casias v. New Mexico DOC, NM, Complaint, Prisoners Left in Hot Van, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page 5 of 29 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page 6 of 29 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page 7 of 29 Case 1:16-cv-00056-JMC-SCY Document 2 Filed 01/25/16 Page …
Brief • January 19, 2016
DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Plf Mot for PSJ, private contractor staffing and pricing, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 96 Filed 01/19/16 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DETENTION WATCH NETWORK, CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, DOCKET NO.: 14-CV-583 (LGS) …
Article • January 13, 2016
California County and Corizon Settle Jail Prisoner Death Suit for $1 Million by Matthew Clarke In December 2013, Alameda County, California, and Tennessee-based Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a minor son of a Santa Rita Jail prisoner who died of a heart …
Article • January 12, 2016
Texas Counties Still Stuck With Empty Public-Private Prisons by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke It was a bad deal for Texas cities and counties when, prison-construction entrepreneurs talked them into building publicly-financed prisons, for private corporations to operate; housing a surplus of prisoners at a profit. The counties went deep …
Brief • January 8, 2016
JPay v. Kobel, FL, Def. Notice of Removal - Arbitration Demand re Unlawful Conduct - Money Transfer (2016) Case 1:16-cv-20121-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/08/2016 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION JPAY, INC., A Delaware Corporation, …
Dimora v. CCA, OH, Def Mot for SJ, inmate slip fall, 2016 Case: 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Doc #: 34 Filed: 01/04/16 1 of 29. PageID #: 219 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO JAMES DIMORA, Civil Action No. 4:14-cv-01221-BYP Plaintiff, Judge: Benita Y. Pearson v. NORTHEAST …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Two Suicides at Privately-operated Pennsylvania Facility by Officials in Delaware County, Pennsylvania have been tight-lipped about the recent suicides of two prisoners at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility, fearing wrongful death lawsuits. On May 26, 2015, Janene Wallace, 35, hung herself using her bra while serving time for a …
PLN Intervenes, Unseals Settlement in CCA Fair Labor Standards Act Case by David Reutter PLN’s intervention in a federal lawsuit alleging Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) had improperly classified supervisors at two Kentucky prisons as being exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Kentucky’s Wage …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Memo re Commissary Price Increase, TDOC, 2016 ' of Correction MEMORANDUM Inmate Population FROM: Mark Watson, Fiscal Director DATE: August 1, 2016 SUBJECT: Commissary Price Increase The mark-up on commissary prices was increased to 21% effective today - August 1, 2016 per TDOC Policy #209.01, Commissary Pricing. Mark Watson, Fiscal …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, OB/GYN
Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests? by Susie Cagle Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests? by Susie Cagle, RH Reality Check For pregnant women in Alameda County, California jails in the 1980s, the daily realities of life included shackled limbs, denial …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna It’s not often that a federal appellate court criticizes the precedent that it feels obligated to follow, but that is what happened in a …
Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter The GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest for-profit prison companies, has signed contracts with Vermont and Washington State to house prisoners …
Brief • December 24, 2015
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Unsworn Declaration, Failure to Treat Hernias, 2015 Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 25-1 Filed 12/24/15 Page 1 of 53 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 situated, ) …
Brief • December 22, 2015
DWN and CCR v. ICE, NY, MOL in support of Def Cross-Mot for SJ, private contractor staffing and pricing, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-00583-LGS Document 87 Filed 12/22/15 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DETENTION WATCH NETWORK and CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, 14 Civ. 583 …
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