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13 Aug 2018, 7:30 am by Whittel & Melton, LLC
Rick Scott, informing him, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Julie Jones, secretary for the Department of Corrections, that the department had launched a federal probe into conditions at Lowell. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, filed 8/14/2012), alleges that Florida's "dietary policies force prisoners with a religious basis for consuming kosher meals to violate their core religious beliefs on a daily basis. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 9:40 am by Tom Church
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections and Attorney General, State of Florida; Nos. 15-14347 and 18-11604 (March 22, 2019) The Court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review the district court’s denial of a § 2254 petitioner’s motions for substitute counsel. [read post]
7 May 2019, 6:23 am by Tom Church
Secretary, Department of Corrections and Attorney General, State of Florida, No. 18-10767 (April 12, 2019) The Court held that the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner’s § 2254 motion as untimely after he filed a defective postconviction motion in state court. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (11th Cir., July 14, 2016), the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Florida must provide kosher meals for inmates with a sincere religious basis for demanding such meals. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, Dec. 6, 2013), the court held that the United States was likely to prevail on the merits of its claim that Florida's religious diet policy violates RLUIPA.The court held that Florida had not shown a compelling interest in a blanket denial of kosher food to prisoners-- in part because the state argued somewhat inconsistently that it was committed to providing kosher meals to all eligible… [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections,(11th Cir., July 31, 2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's requirement that prisoners exhaust available administrative remedies before filing suit only requires exhaustion of the prison system's grievance process. [read post]
3 May 2015, 4:30 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, April 30, 2015), a Florida federal district court held that the blanket denial of kosher meals violates RLUIPA, and issued a permanent injunction requiring the state to provide kosher meals to those prisoners with a sincere religious belief requiring kosher meals. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 7:22 am
Charlie Crist has named Walt McNeil, left, the new Corrections Department secretary. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, Aug. 12, 2015), the court settled on the final language for the injunction it issued by separate order. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 12:00 pm
Singletary, of Tallahassee, headed the Corrections Department for eight years in the 1990s. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:30 pm by PascoDUI
He’s the secretary of Florida’s Department of Corrections, and he has an ambitious plan to reduce Florida’s recidivism rate — now at 32.8 percent — to 17 percent in three to five years. [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 11:02 pm
The facts at the evidentiary hearing demonstrated that the "liver story" that was disseminated to the press by the Florida Department of Corrections was completely false. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 1:24 pm by David Markus
§ 2000cc et seq., prevents the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from denying kosher meals to inmates whose sincere religious beliefs require them to keep kosher. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 2:23 pm
Florida's new Corrections Secretary, James McDonough says "corruption had become a cancer on the department. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 9:58 am
Walter McNeil, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, acknowledged that such incidents do occur in the workplace, but assured that steps were being taken to protect female employees. [read post]
4 Aug 2007, 5:38 am
The institutional warden will provide a copy of the Warrant of Execution to the department's Secretary and General Counsel, deliver a copy to the named inmate and the team warden, and notify the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, any state correctional institutions, and any local agencies that may be affected by the issuance of the warrant and of the date and time selected for the execution [read post]