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$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards
by David M. Reutter
The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) on August 6, 2020 agreed to pay $4.65 million to prisoner Cheryl Weimar, who was beaten “to within an inch of her life” two years earlier by guards at the Lowell Correctional Institution (LCI). The investigation into the beating continued ...
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- Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration, by Edward Lyon
- New York Parole System Badly in Need of Repair, by Kevin Bliss
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Pandemic Update: News on Vaccines and Prison and Jail Staffing, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
- Urgent Need for Vaccine Administration in Prisons, Jails and Detention Centers, by Maya Chaudhuri, Aaron Littman, Sharon Dolovich
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- How a Private Prison Company’s Defamation Suit Against One of Its Critics Backfired, by Madison Pauley
- After $625,000 Settlement, Oregon Deputy Charged in Assault of Prisoner, by Mark Wilson
- Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Sued in Federal Court for Treatment of Transgender Prisoner, by Derek Gilna
- Federal Judge Slaps ICE, GEO Group Over “Abominable Performance” and Officials Who Lied During Testimony, by David Reutter
- No Summary Judgment on Oregon Prisoner’s Retaliatory Termination Claim, by Mark Wilson
- Minnesota State and Federal Prisoners COVID Case Surge Sparks ACLU Lawsuit, by Derek Gilna
- Missouri Prisoner Pleaded for Release Before Dying of COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Ninth Circuit Finds California Prisoner’s Administrative Remedies Effectively Unavailable, by Mark Wilson
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- Federal Educational Aid Restored for State and Federal Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
- Progress Made in Fight Against Prison Gerrymandering But Battle Continues, by Douglas Ankney
- COVID-19: What Texas Must Do to Save Prisoners’ Lives, by Edward Lyon
- Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit, by Mark Wilson
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- $1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit, by David Reutter
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- Former BOP Director Norman Carlson, Who Developed Supermax Model, Dies at 86, by Kevin Bliss
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More from these topics:
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- Seventh Kentucky Guard Sentenced for Restrained Prisoner’s Beat-down, July 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
- $8.9 Million Settlement Reached for N.Y. Prisoner’s Death Following Guards’ Baton Beating, July 1, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
- Eighth Circuit Largely Restores Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guards in Use of Force on Bipolar Prisoner, July 1, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
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