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Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable”
by David M. Reutter
Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) leaders have come before the state legislature repeatedly to warn that it is a system operating in crisis. In a presentation on November 15, 2023, by global consulting firm KPMG, which was selected in 2022 by the state Department of ...
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More from this issue:
- Contemporary Slavery: The Not-So-Secret Practice of Forced Labor Inside U.S. Prisons, by Douglas Ankney
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Far-Right Claremont Institute Awards Extremist California Sheriff
- Dramatic Prisoner Escape in France Leaves Two Guards Dead
- Georgia Prisoner’s Challenge to “Deplorable” Conditions Survives Motion to Dismiss
- After Takeover from CoreCivic, Oklahoma Prison Even More Short-Staffed
- Missouri DOC Models Re-entry Program on Norwegian Prisons
- New York Court of Appeals Lets DOCCS Skate from Liability for Doctor’s Malpractice on State Prisoner, by Douglas Ankney
- Trans Detainee Sues Over Housing With Men on Rikers Island
- Texas Bankruptcy Court Rejects Proposed Settlement of Prisoner Claims Against Corizon Health
- Private Prison Transport Guards Sentenced to Prison for Raping Detainees, by Douglas Ankney
- Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- BOP Has a Halfway House Problem
- Michigan Makes Voting Rights Restoration Automatic for Prisoner’s at Release
- Los Angeles County Makes Jail Phone Calls Free
- Other Jails Study Miami Diversion Program to Keep Mentally Ill from Repeated Incarceration
- Louisiana Fights Federal Court Order to Remedy “Callous and Wanton Disregard” for Angola Prisoners’ Healthcare, by David Reutter
- Dixie Prison Growth Drives Number of Incarcerated Americans Above 2 Million Once Again
- HRDC Files Suit for Exonerated Florida Prisoner Wrongfully Incarcerated Over 44 Years
- Virginia Sheriff Sued After “Catfishing” Deputy Kills Family of California Teen Victim
- Two Sentenced in Detainee’s Fentanyl Death at North Florida Jail
- Seventh Circuit: Heck Bars Civil Rights Challenges to Civil Commitment, by Matthew Clarke
- Two Ohio Prisoners and Two Guards Tried for Assaults
- The Mind-Breakers: the Case of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, by St Clair, Jeffrey
- Bankruptcy Threatens $500,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging Housing Discrimination Against Former Prisoners in New York City
- “Are You Freaking Kidding Me?” Former BOP Warden Accuses Guards of Recruiting Prisoners for Assaults at Troubled Lockup in Illinois, by David Reutter
- Contaminated Water a Longstanding Problem at Nebraska Women’s Prison
- Lawsuit Alleges Black ICE Detainee Subjected to Racial Slurs, Choked in Restraint Chair at Pennsylvania Jail, by Matthew Clarke
- Arkansas Sheriff Grilled Over Hit Netflix Show Filmed at Jail
- His Appeal Lost for 28 Years, Texas Prisoner Finally Off Death Row
- Botched Idaho Execution Halted, by Douglas Ankney
- BOP Lifts Maximum Age for New Guards to 40
- Colorado Law Creates “Rebuttable Presumption” Against Incarcerating Pregnant Women
- Executions Rise in 2023, Number on Death Row Falls
- CDCR Loses Suit Over Release of Employee Misconduct Records
- Idaho Continues To Cell “Dangerously Mentally Ill” Without Charges
- More Alabama Prisoners’ Families Say Their Corpses Were Returned Without Organs
- $20.5 Million Settlement for Two Kentucky Prisoners Exonerated and Freed After 22 Years, by David Reutter
- $7 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Detainee’s Death in California’s Santa Rita Jail, by Matthew Clarke
- How Parole and Probation “No-Association” Conditions Hamper Successful Reentry
- Florida County Pays $300,000 to Settle Jail Suicide Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- Harris County Shipping Detainees from Overcrowded Jail to Mississippi CoreCivic Prison
- Atheist Chaplain Attends Atheist Oklahoma Prisoner During Execution
- Memphis Jail Accused of Routine Over-Detention in Suit Over Detainee’s Murder
- Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposed Weak Washington DOC Response
- Florida Prisons Playing “Whack-a-Mole” With Jailbroken Tablets
- Eleven Years After Consent Decree Entered, New Orleans Jail Still Not Compliant
- $5 Million Settlement in Death of Georgia Prisoner Left by Guards in Cell on Fire, by David Reutter
- $500,000 Jury Award Cut to $250,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards, by Douglas Ankney
- Watchdog Finds “Alarming Conditions” at BOP Women’s Lockup in Florida, by David Reutter
- Texas Detainee Raped in Jail Sues Macy’s for False Facial-ID Match That Led to Arrest
- Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable”, by David Reutter
- Settlement Obligates Washington DOC to Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners
- Over $71,000 Awarded to Michigan Prisoner for Sexual Abuse by Guard, by Matthew Clarke
- Elderly Ohio Prisoner Beaten by Cellmate Despite Warning Guards, Who Cheered Attack
- Conflicting Reports from New Hampshire Prison Officials Before Guard Charged in Psychiatric Detainee’s Death
- U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System
- Georgia Prisoner Stabs Warden
- $700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing, by David Reutter
- Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes
- News in Brief
More from David Reutter:
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- Third Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Pennsylvania Jail Guards and PrimeCare in Detainee’s Overdose Death, July 1, 2024
- Ninth Circuit: Alleged Denial of Hepatitis C Treatment to Federal Prisoner in Washington Presents Valid Bivens Claim, July 1, 2024
- $15,000 Net Award for Georgia Prisoner’s Delayed Hep-C Treatment, July 1, 2024
- CoreCivic Sued by Former Detainee Stabbed at Shuttered Kansas Jail, July 1, 2024
- Seventh Circuit Finds No Problem With Surveillance of Chicago Detainees on Toilets, July 1, 2024
- Colorado Jail Guard Must Stand Trial for Opening Accused Sex Offender’s Cell, Subjecting Him to Assault, July 1, 2024
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines Place Heavy Burden on Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Assaults, July 1, 2024
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Slows the Hand That State DOC Sticks Into Prisoners’ Pockets, July 1, 2024
- $8.9 Million Settlement Reached for N.Y. Prisoner’s Death Following Guards’ Baton Beating, July 1, 2024
More from these topics:
- Alaska’s Prison System: Dangerous, Deadly Yet Repeating Past Mistakes, July 1, 2024. Totality of Conditions.
- CoreCivic Sued by Former Detainee Stabbed at Shuttered Kansas Jail, July 1, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), State Law Claims.
- $4 Million Settlement in Class Action Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions at West Virginia Jail, July 1, 2024. Wexford Health Services, Primecare Medical, Totality of Conditions, Jail Specific, Bankruptcy.
- Government Accountability Office Issues a Report on DOJ and DHS Use of Facial Recognition Technology, June 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
- Idaho Continues To Cell “Dangerously Mentally Ill” Without Charges, June 1, 2024. Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Lockdowns, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Civil Commitment.
- Watchdog Finds “Alarming Conditions” at BOP Women’s Lockup in Florida, June 1, 2024. Government Misconduct, Totality of Conditions, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- How Parole and Probation “No-Association” Conditions Hamper Successful Reentry, June 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Conditions of.
- U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System, June 1, 2024. Racial Discrimination, Commentary/Reviews, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends.
- Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds, May 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, junk science, Fingerprint Evidence, Latent Fingerprint Evidence.
- The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund, May 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Police/Govt Misconduct.