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Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Massive Overuse of Solitary Confinement in Florida Prisons Case Filed by Southern Poverty Law Center, Florida Justice Institute, and Florida Legal Services (5/9/2019) - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Admire Harvard has spent nearly 10 years locked up in solitary confinement in the Florida prison system. Harvard, a 28-year-old black transgender woman, has been subjected to solitary confinement in a men’s prison since September 2009. Due to conditions in solitary confinement, she suffers from depression, anxiety and auditory hallucinations, and has… ... Continue Reading
Court Issues Final Order in Prison Class Action Requiring Treatment for All Incarcerated People with Hepatitis C (4/18/2019) - On April 18, 2019, Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a final order in the Florida Justice Institute’s (FJI) prison class action, granting the plaintiffs’ request to require the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to provide treatment to all incarcerated people with Hepatitis C (HCV), including… ... Continue Reading
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Florida Department of Corrections For Unlawfully Confiscating Millions of Dollars of Digital Music and Books (2/19/2019) - MIAMI/TALLAHASSEE – Today, the Florida Justice Institute (FJI) and the Social Justice Law Collective (SJLC) announced the filing of a federal class action lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) for confiscating the lawfully purchased digital music and books of thousands of Florida prisoners. After years of selling digital music and books to Florida prisoners… ... Continue Reading
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Florida Prisons Targeted Over Solitary Confinement From the Daily Business Review (5/16/2019) - Florida is an “outlier” in prison systems across the nation when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, according to a 90-page federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that alleges the state Department of Corrections is violating the constitutional rights of inmates. Attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center named the state agency and Secretary Mark… ... Continue Reading
News Coverage of Solitary Confinement Lawsuit (5/16/2019) - https://www.nbcmiami.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Suit-Says-Solitary-Confinement-Police-Cruel-Excessive_Miami-509676192.html https://www.theledger.com/news/20190508/lawsuit-seeks-to-end-solitary-confinement-in-florida-prisons/4 https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-solitary-confinement-policy-excessive-and-cruel-lawsuit-says https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/federal-suit-filed-to-end-solitary-confinement-in-florida/1989993175 https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2019/05/08/transgender-inmate-sues-fdc-over-solitary-confinement/1134061001/ http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/florida-prisons-targeted-over-solitary-confinement https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2019/05/09/florida-prisons-targeted-over-solitary-confinement/ ... Continue Reading
‘Long and sordid history of neglect’: Judge demands Florida must treat all inmates with hepatitis C From the Tampa Bay Times (4/19/2019) - Blasting the Florida Department of Corrections’ “long and sordid history of neglecting” inmates who have hepatitis C infections, and citing a “risk of such deliberate indifference reoccurring in the future,” a federal judge ordered Thursday evening that the state must treat all inmates with the disease. The order is the result of a class-action lawsuit… ... Continue Reading
