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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 …
Brief • March 11, 1994
Bell v. Pride, Complaint, Fl, Work Injury, 1994 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA .-0 rlL..' f— GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION. CASE NO. q tj, - 11 0 --- --1 —.. . . ••-• r ! : e p •:...: ,-.D. ,.... …
Florida Conditions Victory Reversed by This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case was initiated by ten present and former prisoners at Glades Correctional Institution (GCI) in Florida. They sought money damages and injunctive relief for cruel and unusual punishment and other unconstitutional conditions of confinement. The district court held a trial …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Grievance System Sham by John Gerteisen This letter is directed specifically at inmates within the Florida Department of Corrections, but may be of interest to any prisoner utilizing the grievance procedure in their state. If the grievance procedure is "certified," as it is in the State of Florida, exhausting administrative …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Florida Builds More Prisons by The Florida state legislature in late May approved a plan to spend $215 million on prison construction and also voted to overhaul state sentencing guidelines. The expansion package, which passed during a special legislative session called by Gov. Lawton Chiles, will add 10,524 beds to …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
FLA Death Penalty Games by Frank Valdez I'm in the midst of challenging the reappointment of a guy named Spalding to the Capital Collateral Representative (CCR) post of Florida (that's the state funded agency that handles collateral appeals for indigent capital/condemned prisoners). I'm still on direct appeal, but I feel …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
Women Prisoners Hold AIDS Walkathon by The April 24, 1993," Fight AIDS" Walkathon, held at the women's maximum security Shawnee Unit of the federal prison in Marianna, FL, was a great success. Eighty women participated, walking 1636 laps, over 300 miles. Over 90% of the prisoners joined in the effort, …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
News from Florida by M L News From Florida It seems that the governor of this state [Florida] is trying to pass a 25¢ tax on every pack of cigarettes to raise money for the construction 21,000 additional prison beds to keep the violent offenders behind bars longer and, if …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Florida Conditions Lawsuit Settled After 21 years by After 21 years of protracted, time consuming and tedious litigation involving three correction's secretaries, four governors, thousands of inmates and millions of dollars, the Department of Corrections of Florida has finally resolved the legendary Costello lawsuit. "For the first time in 21 …
Federal Prisoner Must Exhaust BOP Remedies Before Seeking Habeas Corpus Relief by Federal prisoner Ivan Gonzalez was convicted of possession with intent to distribute three kilograms of cocaine. He was sentenced to five years of imprisonment. The U.S. Parole Commission calculated a presumptive parole date of May 30, 1990. When …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Offers to Provide Legal Information by Frank Wade Offers To Provide Legal Information I'm an incarcerated paralegal and am always on the lookout for new information that can aid me in my efforts to help others that are in this system. As it's well known fact that the system is …
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