Corrections Revamps Policies On Gassing Inmates, Use Of Force
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — The Florida Department of Corrections plans to disallow the use of chemicals on prisoners with respiratory issues and […]
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FJI Files Two Lawsuits for Race Discrimination in Apartment Rentals
FJI, on behalf of Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, has filed two lawsuits alleging racial discrimination in the renting of
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FJI Obtains Hernia Surgery for Incarcerated Man
FJI, on behalf of an incarcerated man with a serious and debilitating hernia, filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department
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Culture of brutality reigned at state prison in Florida Panhandle
Few people knew the depths of terror, misery and pain inflicted upon Florida’s state prison inmates more profoundly than Capt.
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State To Reopen Fatal Case Of Inmate Gassing
Rommell Johnson, an inmate at a Florida Panhandle prison who had chronic asthma, couldn’t breathe on June 3, 2010. Less
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Miami Police Killing Produces $1.125M Settlement
Details: Operation Southern Tempest was a joint federal-municipal effort assigned to nab gang members with ties to narcotics and illegal
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Overlooked Law Costs Inmates Suing for Kosher Diet
The petitioner’s lawyer and the federal trial judge erred, but that’s understandable, there are too many laws to keep straight,
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Victory for Privacy as Deadline for Florida to Appeal Welfare Urinalysis Case to Supreme Court Expires
MIAMI, FL – A years-long battle over the right of poor Floridians to be free from invasive government searches ended in
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City of Miami approves nearly $1 million payout to family of Travis McNei
The city of Miami has settled a civil rights lawsuit with the family of a man shot and killed by