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While DMS Has Improved Monitoring... (FL Audit Report on PrivatePrison Monitoring), Oppaga, 2008
December 2008
Report No. 08-71
While DMS Has Improved Monitoring, It Needs to
Strengthen Private
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, Exhibits and
Addendums
OMS Contract No. 04/05-057
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REQUEST
Michael Weber, Chief
PrivatePrison Monitoring
01/29/2009
We serve those who serve Florida.
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RECORDS
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Michael Weber, Chief
PrivatePrison Monitoring
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We serve those who serve Florida.
MOORE HAVEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT
Moore Haven
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of what really occurs within facilities operated by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) or its privatecontractors.
The FDOC has historically strived to preserve this lack of transparency
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the Department of Corrections and Corizon, the facility’s private healthcare contractor at the time, alleging that “the FDOC knew about widespread abuse by correctional officers upon inmates
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inmates and inmates housed at privateprisons. The Contractor shall be entitled to reimbursement for services provided to
Wexford Health Sources inmates and inmates housed at privateprisons in accordance
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
JPAY, INC.,
A Delaware Corporation,
Case No._____________
Plaintiff.
v.
CYNTHIA KOBEL, an individual, and
SHALANDA HOUSTON
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, in her
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official capacity as Secretary of the
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Florida Department Corrections; and
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CORIZON, LLC, an out of state
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corporation registered and doing business )
in Florida,
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Defendants
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State Prison Systems PrivatizingPrisoner Accounts for Commissions
by
State Prison Systems PrivatizingPrisoner Accounts for Commissions
by David M. Reutter
Three state prison systems have
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Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death
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$1 Million Paid by Wexford in Florida Prisoner’s death
WexfordHealthServices paid $1 million to settle a lawsuit stemming
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Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets by Florida Appeals Court Invalidates Private Company Traffic Tickets On October 14, 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals found for Appellee Eric Arem, contesting a traffic citation issued by a private company that installed, implemented, and enforced a red-light camera ticketing …
Copeland v. Jones, FL, Class Action Complaint, Corizon Refusal of Hernia Surgery, 2015
Case 4:15-cv-00452-RH-CAS Document 1 Filed 09/16/15 Page 1 of 45
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT
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Court Finds for Defendants in Juvenile Class-Action Against Florida County Sheriff and Corizon
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On March 15, 2012, suit was brought against Grady Judd, Sheriff of Polk County, Florida
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Fitzgerald v. Corrections Corporation of America, FL, Judgement, Medical Failure to Treat, 2015 Case 5:13-cv-00261-MW-EMT Document 79 Filed 08/20/15 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION MARK WALLACE FITZGERALD VS CASE NO. 5:13-cv-00261-MW-EMT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, ET AL CLERK’S JUDGMENT This …
Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful by Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) released a report that details the stories of persons detained at the Broward Transition Center (BTC) to exhibit how that facility needlessly detains immigrants in inhumane conditions, wasting millions …
