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Class Action Challenges Theft of Millions of Digital Music Files from Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A class-action lawsuit accuses the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of confiscating prisoners’ “lawfully purchased property without compensation” so the department and its vendor, JPay, could realize profit through …
Office of the Inspector General, Audit of the BOP Contract Awarded to CorrectCareSolutions, 2019
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice
OVERSIGHT ★ INTEGRITY ★ GUIDANCE
Audit
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Florida Fleeces Prisoners with High Canteen Prices
by Kevin W. Bliss
by Kevin W. Bliss
The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has expanded the use of privatecontractors in the state
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Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In a lawsuit filed on January 29, 2019, Securus Technologies, Inc., one of the nation’s two largest prison telecom companies, accused the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) of ignoring provisions of the Florida …
Florida Prisoners Get Tablets, Lose $11.3 Million in Digital Music by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2011, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) entered into a contract with Access Corrections that allowed prisoners to purchase MP3 players which could be hooked up to a kiosk for music …
Florida PrivatePrisons Seek $4 Million for Employee Raises
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
In a show of continued support for privately-operated prisons, the Florida legislature
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Florida: Suit Continues Against CoreCivic for Rape of Developmentally Disabled Child by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, a U.S. District Court judge set a February 2019 trial date in a civil suit to resolve allegations that CoreCivic – formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America – failed …
Florida District Court Allows Suit Against Prisoner TransportCompanies to Proceed
by Dale Chappell
by Dale Chappell
On July 30, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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FDOC and Centurion of Florida Contract Agreement-Amendment #2
AGREEMENT #A3881
AMENDMENT #2
AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND
CENTURION OF FLORIDA, LLC
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On Sale Now: Prison Labor
by Sytonia Reid
by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine
Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and privateprisons perform labor during
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New York Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision and JPayInc., re inmate kiosks, 2018
STATE OF NEW YORK AGREEMENT
STATE AGENCY (Name & Address):
New York State Department of Corrections
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;in three separate incidents at the Cotton facility, where prisoners also complained about “crunchy dirt” in potatoes. [See: PLN, Feb. 2017, p.48].
After switching in 2015 from Aramark, another
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privateprison companies,
CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America, or CCA) and GEO Group, are
actively pushing governments to consider the use of private financing to build new facilities
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Burrell v. ArmorCorrectionalHealthServices, et al., FL, complaint, wrongful death, 2018
Case 0:17-cv-62007-DPG Document 37 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/06/2018 Page 1 of 85
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
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transportcompany in the United States, the Transport
Defendants treat countless prisoners like they did Meghan. The Transport Defendants routinely
create inhumane conditions for their prison transportees
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:
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among the parties to this lawsuit and
non-party Centurion of Florida, LLC (“Centurion”), subject to further order of the Court, that:
1.
The parties to this lawsuit
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Florida: PrivatePrison Company Allowed to Overcharge State, Mistreat Prisoners
by David Reutter
by David M. Reutter
An audit personally overseen by Florida state Rep. David Richardson
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