Tag Archives: Joe Negron

After five years in solitary confinement …

Published on Jan 17, 2017 Heather Chapman’s bipolar son was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbery at age 19. She says his condition has worsened since then, due in large part to his time in isolation. She’s afraid … Continue reading

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@POTUS: Tommy Ziegler is innocent; Maurice Paul wasn’t, @orlandosentinel isn’t #pardonTommyZ

  Judge Maurice Paul, who sentenced Tommy Zeigler to death, dead at 84https://t.co/5Os90VHrGR.@orlandosentinel complicit #ConflictOfInterest — Susan Chandler (@wobblywarrior) January 3, 2017 Fake News is nothing new, folks. Former Orlando Sentinel editor David Burgin died a tormented man; he was … Continue reading

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Petition – Tell Congress: Ban private for-profit prisons

Tell Congress: Ban private for-profit prisons Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and poor people and people of color suffer the most at the hands of our out-of-control incarceration industry.2That’s partly because the corporations that … Continue reading

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@TB_Times article clear as mud on @FL_Corrections officers’ inadequate pay

Union reacts to corrections audit: Staffing and pay must be addressed Responding to an independent audit that found Florida’s prisons are so “chronically understaffed” that an emergency should be declared, a group of South Florida members of the union that … Continue reading

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.@LorettaLynch: Incarcerated innocent fending off rape by cellmate in @FL_Corrections facility

When the incarcerated innocent’s letter was mailed, his younger, physically stronger, convicted-sex-offender cellmate had made two attempts to rape him. There may have been more since the letter was sent … it described the cellmate’s threats of future attempts. This … Continue reading

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Of course @JoeNegronFL isn’t surprised by @FL_Corrections’ dangerous understaffing

Audit details ‘dangerous’ understaffing at Florida prisons “There is nothing surprising or unanticipated,” said Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice. He said he is “satisfied with the legislative response” to Jones’ … Continue reading

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WFSU asks a dishonest question of an unreliable source

Are Recent Arrests Of Florida Correctional Officers Proof Of New Prison Reform Policies? Last month, a Lake City Correctional officer was arrested for lying about gassing an inmate in the face. Most recently, three other arrests occurred—which included two Suwannee … Continue reading

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Probation only for confessed rapist, a @FL_corrections officer

Florida’s Record on Rape | The Marshall Project Lemuel McMillan was a prisoner at the Northwest Florida Reception Center in May 2009 when a corrections officer named Ricardo Hay raped him in the laundry room. Another inmate had made a … Continue reading

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Cloudy Germany trusts solar; sunny Florida “blind trusts” natural gas

Gov. Scott had stake in pipeline firm whose $3 billion venture he and his appointees backed – Florida – MiamiHerald.com “The Legislature makes it easy for officials to get away with conflicts of interest through loopholes in the ethics code,” … Continue reading

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Are Florida’s #DAVID contracts like #Aramark’s?

After sending the email below, I sent Tweets reminding Rick Scott, Will Weatherford and Joe Negron that the questions I’ve posed aren’t rhetorical. Shortly thereafter, I received a perplexing email from Ms. Taylor that alleges I will somehow know the … Continue reading

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