Centurion of FL v. HRDC, FL, Exhibit A to Declaration, Public Records Request, 2022 Filing # 162200613 E-Filed 12/01/2022 02:30:01 PM EXHIBIT A Filing # 99957286 E-Filed 12/06/2019 09:11:02 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY CASE NO.: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …
Eleventh Circuit Says No PLRA ‘Strike’ for Dismissal of Case Removed From State to Federal Court by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a prisoner who loses a federal lawsuit does not earn a “strike” …
Florida Jail Guard Fired and Charged with Battery After Slamming Prisoner into Concrete Wall by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 26, 2022, a guard at Florida’s Nassau County Jail was arrested and charged with using excessive force on a detainee. Because Joshwa Edsall, 27, was still …
Still No Charges in 2017 Homicide of Florida Prisoner Paralyzed During Guard Beat-Down by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott It’s been five years since Florida prison guards broke Craig Ridley’s neck and then denied him treatment for five days. He eventually died, and his death was ruled a …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Nearly $13.5 Million Restitution Order Against Federal Prisoner by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On February 25th, 2022, winning turnedout to be losing for a federal prisoner when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a massive restitution order issued by a district …
News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …
South Florida Prison Guard Arrested for Flashing DOC Badge and Making Traffic Stop at Gunpoint by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 3, 2022, a Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested after a road rage incident in which he allegedly flashed his DOC badge and …
USA v. Bardell, FL, Order, Wrongful Death(Medical Neglect), 2022 Case 6:11-cr-00401-RBD-EJK Document 140 Filed 10/04/22 Page 1 of 14 PageID 2545 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Case No. 6:11-cr-401-RBD-DAB FREDERICK MERVIN BARDELL ____________________________________ ORDER Judges carry the heavy burden of …
New Florida Law Shrouds Executions in Secrecy by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On May 12, 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed HB 873, “providing an exemption from public records requirements for information or records that identify or could reasonably lead to the identification of any person or …
News in Brief by Alabama: A jail guard in Chilton County, Alabama, was arrested on July 21, 2022, and charged with promoting contraband, the Clanton Advertiser reported. The guard, Tyler Ryan Couch, is accused of organizing an effort to smuggle drugs to detainees. Though jail policy forbids guards from transmitting …
Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 5, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) warned employees that certain t-shirts worn by visitors to state prisons “are considered inflammatory and a potential threat to security.” So what messages …
Cair Florida v. Nocco, FL, Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Censorship, 2022 Filing # 157331829 E-Filed 09/13/2022 04:17:27 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA CAIR FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner vs. CIVIL DIVISION, CASE NO. CHRISTOPHER NOCCO, SHERIFF OF PASCO COUNTY, in …
Florida Now Digitizing Incoming Mail for State Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Starting from a four-prison pilot launched on January 18, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) has now banned state prisoners at all 128 of its facilities from receiving any tangible routine mail. Instead they …
Florida Supreme Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Appeal That Was Dismissed for Lack of Prison Date Stamp by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 4, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida held that the state’s First District Court of Appeal erred in not accepting a prisoner’s notice of appeal for …
News in Brief by Alabama: A federal prisoner in Birmingham was gunned down outside a privately-operated reentry facility on July 16, 2022. The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Rebuttal Expert Declaration of Craig Haney, Solitary Confinement, 2022 Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 431-3 Filed 08/29/22 Page 1 of 71 E X H I B I T C EXHIBIT C Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 431-3 Filed 08/29/22 Page 2 of 71 01234567383476527392360936 193491652739236692586 3888774465227216 6 80811685 294!66 66 …
Batchelor v. Rolston, FL, Notice of Settlement, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00232-AW-MAF Document 48 Filed 08/16/22 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CONNIE BATCHELOR, SHAQUILA BUMPASS, JENNIFER CASTRO, and QRUINTRELL COOK, SANDRA SIMON, and BETH FARBER, Plaintiffs, Case No. 4:21-cv-232-AW-MAF …
Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Panagioti Tsolkas, Jenifer Lockwood Tough-on-Crime Republicans Retaliate Against Rights Restoration Efforts by Jenifer Lockwood and Panagioti Tsolkas In February 2022, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) concluded an eight-month investigation involving the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s effort to register …
Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Guaranteed income is a wayto recognize everyone’s inherent dignity,” declared an op-ed in Florida’s Gainesville Sun on November 5, 2021. Penned by Mayor Lauren Poe (D) and Kevin Scott, …
