$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At its meeting on January 24, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners of Florida’s Citrus County voted to deduct $116,250 off its December 2022 bill from private prison operator …
Florida Guard Arrested for Having Sex with Prisoner Allegedly Took Bribes to Smuggle Cigars in Her Vagina by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 13, 2023, a former prison guard from the Graceville Correctional Facility in northwest Florida near the Georgia state line was arrested and charged …
Florida Tops the Nation for Number of Books Banned in Prisons by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 21, 2022, after a year of records requests and research by criminal justice nonprofit The Marshall Project, a database of 54,000 banned books was compiled from prisons in 18 …
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Florida Jailers Leave Detainees Out of Evacuation Plans During Hurricane by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 28, 2022, as Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida and neared Category 5 strength, the state Department of Corrections (DOC), which holds about 80,000 prisoners, began evacuating 2,300 of them from …
Florida Makes Parolees Criminally Liable for Accidental Voter Registration Fraud by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida took a significant step towards charging more ex-convicts with voter fraud, eight days after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the first 20 arrests in August 2022. [See: PLN, Jan. 2023, p.18.] On …
Eleventh Circuit Says Passover Sign-Up Requirement in Florida Jail Passes Constitutional Muster by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a Florida jail’s policy requiring detainees to sign up for Passover meals 45 days in advance …
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 2, 2022, a former state prison guard at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham pleaded guilty to federal contraband smuggling charges. The Birmingham News reported that Wilson Brian Clemons, 32, was arrested on November 23, 2021, on state counts of marijuana …
Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 21, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Florida significantly trimmed a class-action lawsuit alleging that private prison operator The GEO Group misled investors in its stock, causing them to suffer losses. For …
Florida Arrests Ex-Felons for Voter Fraud by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 18, 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the first fruits of an investigation into allegations of voter fraud tied to the 2020 election. The state Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested 20 ex-felons that …
Florida Supreme Court: Trial Courts Have Authority to Correct Sentencing Errors, But Subject to Time Limits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 16, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida held that a trial court has authority to make corrections to sentence credits for jail and prison time …
Two Years After Mentally Ill Detainee Strangled to Death by Guards, Florida Jail Still Refuses to Release Video by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss “They [need] to release the tapes,” Secilia Desir said of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), “so I can see how they killed my son.” …
Former Florida Guard Gets Four Years for Holding Naked Man Hostage Over Crypto Deal Gone Bad by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 1, 2022, former Brevard County jail guard Amony Robillard, 31, was sentenced for taking a man hostage at gunpoint and holding him naked to …
Alexander v. Rolston, FL, Opinion-Appeal, Sexual Abuse, 2022 Case 4:19-cv-00138-RH-MAF Document 201 Filed 12/15/22 Page 1 of 24 USCA11 Case: 21-13720 Document: 56-1 Date Filed: 12/15/2022 Page: 1 of 22 [DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-13720 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ …
Centurion of FL v. HRDC, FL, Motion to Dismss, Public Records Request, 2022 Filing # 162200613 E-Filed 12/01/2022 02:30:01 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN M'D FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC, Plaintiff, No. 22-CA-357 V. HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not for …
Centurion of FL v. HRDC, FL, Exhibit F to Declaration, Public Records Request, 2022 Filing # 162200613 E-Filed 12/01/2022 02:30:01 PM EXHIBIT F Case 3:20-cv-00036-BJD-LLL Document 63 Filed 06/23/20 Page 1 of 23 PageID 452 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION SARAH …
Centurion of FL v. HRDC, FL, Exhibit E to Declaration, Public Records Request, 2022 Filing # 162200613 E-Filed 12/01/2022 02:30:01 PM EXHIBIT E Case 3:20-cv-00036-BJD-LLL Document 1 Filed 01/16/20 Page 1 of 21 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION SARAH …
Centurion of FL v. HRDC, FL, Exhibit D to Declaration, Public Records Request, 2022 Filing # 162200613 E-Filed 12/01/2022 02:30:01 PM EXHIBIT D IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY CASE NO.: CACE19025141 DIV.: Hon. Nicholas Lopane (CA22) HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, …
Centurion of FL v. HRDC, FL, Exhibit C to Declaration, Public Records Request, 2022 Filing # 162200613 E-Filed 12/01/2022 02:30:01 PM EXHIBIT C Filing # 129041728 E-Filed 06/18/2021 12:21:11 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. CACE19025141 DIVISION 03 …
