Tag Archives: Wexford

.@TheJusticeDept: TAKE OVER @FL_Corrections

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Emergency Situation Declared At Florida Women’s Reception Center An oversight board has declared a health care emergency at a Florida women’s prison, according to records obtained by WMFE … Inspectors found: A diabetic prisoner didn’t get insulin for two to … Continue reading →

Posted in #CagedCrusader, #DeadInmates, #PrisonIndustrialComplex | Tagged ACLU, Corizon, Department of Justice, Florida Department of Corrections, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Women's Reception Center, Julie Jones, Loretta Lynch, medical neglect, Rick Scott, torture, Wexford | Leave a comment

Petition – Tell Congress: Ban private for-profit prisons

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Susan Chandler

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 →

Posted in #PrisonIndustrialComplex | Tagged Aramark, Corizon, GEO, Greg Evers, Joe Negron, Julie Jones, McKinley Lewis, Rick Scott, Steve Crisafulli, Wexford | Leave a comment

@MiamiHerald reporting on @FL_Corrections denial of care falls short

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Lawsuit claims Florida inmates are denied surgeries Three inmates are suing the Florida Department of Corrections and medical contractor Corizon, alleging Corizon refused to provide medically necessary surgical procedures in an effort to keep costs down. The class-action lawsuit, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #DeadInmates, Amado Parra, Archie Green, color-of-law, Corizon, cruel and unusual punishment, Department of Justice, FDoC, Florida Department of Corrections, Frank Lee Smith, Jeffrey Srang, Julie Jones, Loretta Lynch, McKinley Lewis, Miami Herald, Northwest Florida Reception Center, Rick Scott, Tracy Copeland, UN Committee on Human Rights, Wexford | Leave a comment

@FLGovScott going after Planned Parenthood, not Corizon and Wexford. #DeadInmates

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Increasingly endangered witnesses (both inmates and corrections personnel) have said that the outside-controlled shower closet that Dade Correctional Institution corrections officers used to scald Darren Rainey to death in 2012 was used several times to punish other mentally ill inmates. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #DeadInmates, Andy Gardiner, Corizon, Darren Rainey, Florida constitution, Harold Hempstead, impeach, Julie Jones, Miami Herald, Planned Parenthood, Quintin Foust, Randall Jordan-Aparo, recall, Richard Mair, Rick Scott, Steve Crisafulli, Wexford | Leave a comment

Private Prison Lobbyists Are Raising Cash for Hillary Clinton

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Susan Chandler

If Hillary doesn’t give back the cash, it’s time for her campaign to crash. Progressive Graffiti If you support criminal justice reform and immigration reform… follow the money. Private Prison Lobbyists Are Raising Cash for Hillary Clinton […] “As immigration … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #DeadInmates, #PrisonIndustrialComplex, CCA, Corizon, GEO, Hillary Clinton, prison industrial complex, Wexford | Leave a comment

FL man tortured by privatized “service” – Update

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Man Alleges Horrific Abuse On Private Prison Van | ThinkProgress Darren Richardson of Florida says he was urinated on and denied food during a 10-day trip in a private prison transport company’s van, after he was pulled over for rolling … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #RoughRides, Corizon, Darren Rainey, Darren Richardson, Florida Department of Corrections, Harold Hempstead, Miami Herald, Prisoner Transport Services, privatization, privatized prison heathcare, privatized prison transport services, privatized prisons, privatized probation services, Rick Scott, Ted Deutch, Wexford | 13 Comments

Psychotherapist George Mallinckrodt’s conversation with Florida DoC Secretary Julie Jones re #DeadInmates

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Susan Chandler

The following is an excerpt from psychotherapist/author George Mallinckrodt’s blog. Please support his tireless efforts to reform Florida’s deadly prisons by purchasing his book – pictured above – via Amazon, if you’re able. You won’t regret it. March 23, 2015 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #DeadInmates, #ScaldedToDeath, Corizon, Criminal Justice Committee, Darren Rainey, Florida Department of Corrections, Gerald Bailey, Getting Away With Murder, Greg Evers, Gretl Plessinger, guard-on-inmate homicides, James Comey, Julie Jones, Michael Crews, Rick Scott, Tim Cannon, Wexford | Leave a comment