Florida Supreme Court Announces SOL Defense Must be Raised at Trial to Preserve Issue for Direct Appeal by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In an April 12, 2018 opinion, the Supreme Court of Florida announced that a statute of limitations (“SOL”) defense must be raised in the trial court in …
Understand Your Legal Issue-Florida Manual for Incarcerated Parents, Florida Institutional Legal Services, 2018 Understand Your Legal Issue Solve Your Legal Problem www.floridalawhelp.org Florida Manual for Incarcerated Parents Authored By: Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc This Manual is designed to help parents who are incarcerated in Florida prisons and jails understand …
New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPay Inc., re inmate kiosks, 2018 STATE OF NEW YORK AGREEMENT STATE AGENCY (Name & Address): New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Support Operations – Contract Procurement Unit 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12226 BUSINESS CODE: DOC01 NYS …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
HRDC comment on FDOC's revised proposed visitation rule change - May 2018 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS May 30, 2018 FL Department of Corrections Attn: Gregory Hill, Office of General Counsel 501 S. Calhoun St. Tallahassee, FL 32399 Submitted via email to: CO-GCAgencyClerk@fdc.myflorida.com Re: Rule Change …
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, censorship appellate ruling 2018 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 05/17/2018 Page: 1 of 48 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-14220 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 4:12-cv-00239-MW-CAS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, A project of the Human Rights Defense Center, …
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, Censorship, amicus brief corrections officials 2015 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 12/14/2015 Page: 1 of 36 No. 15-14220-AA IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JULIE L. JONES, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, …
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, Censorship, amicus brief law professors 2015 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 12/14/2015 Page: 1 of 30 Appeal No. 15-14220 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, V. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. On Appeal from the United States …
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, Censorship, amicus brief press 2015 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 12/14/2015 Page: 1 of 38 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Case No. 15-14220 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center, a not-for-profit Washington charitable corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. …
Cautionary Tale: Visible Fingertips in Cellphone Pictures Can Get You Arrested by Steve Horn by Steve Horn For those in the U.S. who enjoy taking photos on their cellphones, particularly of illicit activities or potentially illegal ones, the South Wales Police force has sent a warning shot across the Atlantic …
NY petition for approval to transfer control of Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions to Securus Technologies, Inc., 2018 BEFORE THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Joint Petition of TKC Holdings, Inc., Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions Matter/Case No. - - - - - and Securus Technologies, Inc. for …
Florida Man Arrested After He Flipped Off Pittsburgh Cop; Settles First Amendment Claim for $50,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis David Hackbart, a Tampa, Florida, resident, agreed to a $50,000 settlement with the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a Pittsburgh police officer, after being cited for disorderly conduct when …
$175,000 Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Officers Literally Tried to Feed Graffiti Suspects to K-9s by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A lawsuit filed over a K-9 cop attack on two street artists who were spray-painting train cars in Broward County, Florida, has settled for $175,000. The men, Humberto Pellegrino …
$325,000 Paid by Sheriff’s Office to Settle Fatal Shooting Case Over Not Wearing Seat Belt by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida settled the case of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot six seconds after being stopped for not wearing a seat …
Study: Unionized Police? Increased Misconduct by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna According to a December 2017 study by University of Chicago Law School researchers, data from Florida indicate that “shielding officers from the consequences of their actions ... result[s] in increased misconduct.” After Florida sheriffs’ deputies were allowed to unionize …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Court May Not Dismiss 2255 Motion by Invoking Collateral Attack Waiver Sua Sponte by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A U.S. district court cannot, “of its own volition,” invoke a collateral attack waiver in a plea agreement to dismiss a § 2255 motion, the U.S. Court of …
HRDC comment on FDOC proposed visitation rule change - April 2018 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS April 13, 2018 FL Department of Corrections Attn: Gregory Hill, Office of General Counsel 501 S. Calhoun St. Tallahassee, FL 32399 Submitted via email: CO‐GCAgencyClerk@fdc.myflorida.com Re: Rule Change, 33‐601.722, in‐person …
