Taxpayer Tab In Drug Test Lawsuits Tops $1.5 Million
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Florida taxpayers are on the hook for more than $1.5 million in legal fees — including nearly […]
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Justice Dept. Should Finish the Job
Op-Ed by FJI Executive Director Randy Berg: On Aug. 2, 2011, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado wrote then-U.S. Attorney General Eric
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State Pay $600K in Attorneys’ Fees to FJI and ACLU Over Lawsuit Declaring Suspicionless Drug Testing Unconstitutional
The State has also paid $600,000 in attorneys’ fees to FJI and the ACLU for their victory in this case.
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Florida lags in complying with national standards on prison rape
Epidemic. That’s a good word to describe Florida when it comes to sexual crimes perpetrated on inmates behind bars. And
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Human Rights Watch Releases Report on Treatment of Mentally Ill in U.S. Prisons and Jails
The report is called Callous and Cruel: Use of Force against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons. Here
FJI Secures $150K Settlement For Formerly Incarcerated Man Who Lost Eye in Brutal Attack
FJI has settled a lawsuit on behalf of Jeremy Barrett, who was formerly incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections
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Disabled Santa Rosa inmate to get $97K in settlement
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a partially paralyzed inmate in a Santa Rosa County prison
FJI & ACLU Secure Near-$100K Settlement for Paralyzed Man Whose Wheelchair Was Withheld by Prison Officials
For years, Richard Jackson has needed a wheelchair for mobility, and used one without incident during his stay in prison.
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FJI & FILS Settle Case for Mother of Deceased Pepper-Sprayed Inmate for $175,000
FJI, co-counseling with Florida Institutional Legal Services, sued the Florida Department of Corrections for the death of Rommell Johnson. Mr.