Obstructing Murder Investigation May Implicate Court Access by Adult children of an African-American woman who was murdered by whites in 1964 during a period of racial unrest sued the Sheriff on the ground that he had denied them access to courts by obstructing the investigation into the murder. At 1282: …
Florida's Private Prison Industry Corporation Sues Spinoff by Florida's private prison industry corporation, Prison Rehabilitation Industries and a Diversified Enterprises (PRIDE), has sued its spinoff company to recover some of the millions spent to prop up that company. The lawsuit comes after over a year of scrutiny into PRIDE's corporate …
S.R. v. United States, FL, Complaint, lesbian prisoner guard sexual abuse, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-20648-CMA Document 13 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/12/2007 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No.: 07-20648-civ-Altonaga/Turnoff S.R., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DAMIOUN COLE, in his individual capacity, CHARLES …
Sawchuck v. Jenne, FL, Order, Attorney-Client Communications, 2007 ,~.- Case 0:06-cv-61182- KAM Document 49 " Entered on FLSD Docket 03/30/2007 Page UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 06- 61182- Civ- MARRAlJOHNSON JOSEPH SAWCHUCK and RICHARD SPENCER individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated Plaintiffs …
Florida Warden Susceptible to Liability in Valdes’ Murder; Suit Settles for $1,169,923.42 by David Reutter Florida Warden Susceptible to Liability in Valdes' Murder; Suit Settles for $1,169,923.42 by David M. Reutter While former Florida Department of Corrections director James Crosby was never charged in the murder of Florida death row …
PHS Loses $707 Million FDOC Contract Rebid; State Adopts Hybrid Model of Prison Health Care by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On September 20, 2006, Tennessee-based Prison Health Services (PHS), a for-profit prison medical care contractor [see: PLN, Nov. 2006, pp. 1-10], exercised an escape clause just ten months …
U.S. v. Lake Worth Police Department, FL, Memo of Agreement, Failure to Provide Language Assistance, 2007 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NUMBER 171-18-16 A. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION This matter was initiated by a complaint filed …
Osterback v. McDonough, FL, Def's Findings of Fact, 8th Am segregation, 2007 Case 3:04-cv-00210-HLA-MCR Document 841 Filed 02/27/2007 Page 1 of 71 U.S. DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Jacksonville Division MARK OSTERBACK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case no. 3:04-CV-210-J-25MCR JAMES MCDONOUGH , et al., Defendants. ________________________________/ DEFENDANTS’ PROPOSED FINDINGS …
Raven v. City of Miami, FL, Motion, Seizure by Physical Force Projectiles Organized Event, 2007 Case 1:06-cv-21182-CMA Document 96 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/16/2007 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO: 06 - 21182 - CIV - JORDAN HOLLEY …
Florida DOC’s Policy Prohibiting Release of Sex Offenders Without Address Unconstitutional by David Reutter Florida DOC's Policy Prohibiting Release of Sex Offenders Without Address Unconstitutional by David M. Reutter In October, 2005, a Florida Circuit Court has held that a Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) policy that requires a sex …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist’s Strangling Death by Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist's Strangling Death The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a jury's verdict awarding a psychiatrist's widow $1.3 million judgment against Florida's Collier County Sheriff. PLN previously reported this verdict, which was predicated …
Florida's Department of Corruption by David Reutter Florida's Department of Corruption by David M. Reutter An underlying principle of our penal system is to instill respect for the laws and rules that govern our society. As such, those charged with running our nation's jails and prisons have an ethical obligation …
Florida Prison Canteen Operators Offices Raided by David Reutter Florida Prison Canteen Operator's Offices Raided by David M. Reutter Agents from the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement raided the office of American Institutional Services (AIS) on June 7, 2006 and seized the companys business records. AIS ran weekend …
Florida Boot Camps a Bust, Replaced by Less Fatal Programs by Gary Hunter A study of the Pinellas County, Florida boot camp for juveniles, requested by Sheriff Jim Coats, found the program to be a phenomenal failure. The study's results, reported in March 2006, revealed that 90 percent of boot …
Florida Judge's Brother Receives Medical Furlough, Recuperates at Home by Florida Judge's Brother Receives Medical Furlough, Recuperates at Home The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has sent one of its prison doctors to review if a prisoner should return to prison to heal from heart surgery. The prisoners connections have …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Florida County Sued Over Refusing Sex Offender Home Weather Stripping by A Florida sex offender has sued Brevard Bounty for refusing to weatherize his home. The suit alleges the County has enacted a prerequisite that excludes persons with criminal convictions from receiving federal funds to perform energy savings and installation …
Federal Prisoner Awarded $150.00 For Food Poisoning by Michael Rigby On February 17, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Middle district of Florida awarded $150.00 to a federal prisoner who contracted food poisoning while imprisoned at FCC Coleman-Low. On April 23, 2002, prisoners eating breakfast in the chow hall …
Floridas Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld by David Reutter Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, has held that Florida's felon disenfranchisement law does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or the Voting Rights Act. Before …
Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg After three jail deaths between May 2003 and October 2004, the Leon County Board of Commissioners met to consider the Sheriff's reports on the three deaths and any implications regarding the …
