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51 Months for Sex With Prisoners by Suspended Gulf County (Pensacola), FL Sheriff Al Harrison, 52, was found guilty by a federal jury on January 27, 1995, of seven misdemeanor counts of violating the civil rights of five former female prisoners at the Gulf County Jail over a period of …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
FL Prisoner Has Right to Die by In 1972 Florida prisoner Michael Costello filed a lawsuit that eventually turned into a class action suit that resulted in improving living conditions, court access and medical care for state prisoners. Governor Lawton Chiles estimated that the costs to the state for litigating …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Grand Jury Slams FL Prison, Again by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Glades Correctional Institute (GCI) is a medium security prison located near West Palm Beach in Florida GCI is no stranger to controversy. In PLN, Vol. 5, No. 9, we reported audits showing that GCI officials were paying $5.42 …
Brief • May 22, 1995
Romero v. US, FL, Settlement, Vehicle Accident Injuries, 1995
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
FL Ends Early Release by On December 9, 1994, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles announced that the state was ending its gain time program. The program was instituted in 1987 by then Governor Bob Martinez (R) to comply with a federal court order designed to limit Floridas extreme prison overcrowding. Under …
Brief • March 30, 1995
Filed under: Workplace Injury
Combess v. Pride, FL, Attorney Letter, Work Injury, 1995 303 State Road 26 Melrose, Florida 32666 904-475-1357 904-475-5968 (Fax) MIDDLETON, PRUGH & EDMONDS, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT LAW JOHN D. MIDDLETON R. MITCHELL PRUGH WENDY M. EDMONDS March 30, 1995 Mr. Floyd Glisson P.R.I.D.E., Inc. 611 Druid Road East, Suite 175 …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
FL DOC Industries Fined by From the Editor Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. In the September issue I asked what readers thought of our News in Brief column and whether we should keep it or eliminate it. About 20 readers responded and all want to keep it, …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Unconstitutionality of Florida's Outdoor Yard Policies for Close Management Prisoners by Van Poyck, William by William Van Poyck The constitutional right, based upon the Eighth Amendment's proscription of cruel and unusual punishment, of long term Close Management (C.M.) prisoners to outdoor recreation exercise yard is long and well established, nation …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Racist Guard Fired by This case has little to do with prisoner rights litigation but we thought our readers would be interested in it. Ronald Lawrenz was a probationary prison guard at the Charlotte Correctional Institution (CCI) in Florida. On January 18, 1993, Lawrenz was at the home of another …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Pepper Spray Hazardous by The July 2, 1994, issue of the Seattle Times reported that troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) will no longer be sprayed with pepper spray as part of their training. The change in policy came after patrol Lt. Harold Frear filed a complaint with the …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Florida Prisoners Have Right to Attend Forfeiture Trial by A Florida state prisoner whose property was the subject of a forfeiture proceeding while he was imprisoned had a right under the due process clause of the Florida Constitution to be present at the trial, the Florida Court of Appeals for …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
Few Programs for FL Women Prisoners by Despite laws requiring that women prisoners receive the same job training in prison as men, Florida spends one third less on women's programming than men's and limits their training to low paying jobs, according to a study released by the Florida House Corrections …
Breach of Contract Claim OK Against Medical Contractor by On December 22, 1992, Eddie Cherry began serving a 30 day sentence in the Polk county jail, Florida, for drunk driving. At the time of his incarceration he told jail staff that he drank approximately a case of beer a day. …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
FL DOC Corruption by The July 1, 1994, edition of the Tampa Tribune reported that graft and corruption permeate the Florida DOC's purchasing system. As an example, the story reported that an investigation by the state inspector general discovered the Florida DOC paid $5.42 for a single tube of Pepsodent …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, STDs
AIDS #1 Killer in FL DOC by According to Florida corrections officials, AIDS is the leading cause of death in Florida prisons and many prisoners are released without knowing if they are infected. Half of the people who die in Florida prisons die from AIDS. Prison officials estimate about 8 …
Brief • July 27, 1994
Carruthers v. Cochran, FL, Consent Decree, Broward County Jail Conditions, 1994 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OLLIE CARRUTHERS, et aJ., Plaintiffs, Case No. 76-CIV-WMH vs. RON COCHRAN, as Sheriff of Broward County, GERALD F. THOMPSON, SYLVIA POITlER, JOhN P. HART, SCOTT I. COW AN, LORI N. PARRISH, …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: International, Immigration
FL DOC to Deport Aliens by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles announced on March 17, 1994, that he hopes to persuade federal immigration officials to let the state release foreign felons convicted of nonviolent crimes and then ship them home. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has identified 2,700 Florida state …
RFRA Has Retroactive Application by Adherents of the Hebrew Israelite faith challenged Florida prison regulations which forbade their receipt of Hebrew Israelite literature. A class action suit challenging the censorship culminated with a victory for the prisoners at 641 F. Supp 312 in 1986. The court of appeals for the …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
No Miranda Rights in Prison by PLN does not normally report on criminal cases, however, that line is sometimes blurry and we will report on cases which will affect or interest our readers. Marco Garcia was a prisoner in the Hillsborough County Jail in Florida. He was observed by jail …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
FL Reforms Sentencing Law by Florida has built 10,729 new prison beds in the past five years yet has been unable to keep up with its growing prison population. In May of 1993 the Florida legislature passed the Safe Streets Initiative which has the goal of reducing prison overcrowding to …
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