The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has reported the first in-custody death of the year at the Duval County jail.
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Lawsuit: Duval jail’s neglect led to heart transplant recipient’s death
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters faces a new federal lawsuit filed this week by the family of a man who died after a short stint in Duval County’s jail.
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Proposed city legislation would give Jacksonville sheriff more power
At least seven members of the Jacksonville City Council and Sheriff T.K. Waters are attempting to expand the powers of the city’s top law enforcement official regarding the resolution of lawsuits that involve his officers.
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Rising costs and in-custody deaths: Jacksonville’s struggle with jail health care
The Duval County jail’s inefficient health care system — one that can appear at times more like a taxi service to UF Health — comes at a cost to inmates and taxpayers alike.
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Dollar General reopens after OSHA probe of Jacksonville shooting. New security measures? Unclear
The Dollar General where a man with a swastika-painted rifle killed three Black people in Jacksonville has reopened a few months later than originally planned, and a few weeks after the end of a federal workplace safety investigation, as the company touts a remodeled store with new consumer options.
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64-year-old arrested on trespassing charge dies in Duval jail
A 64-year-old Jacksonville man who was arrested on a charge of trespassing on private property and defying an order to leave died in the Duval County jail while in isolation.
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Families of victims in Dollar General shooting sue store, shooters’ family in Jacksonville
Relatives of three Jacksonville residents who were killed at a local Dollar General in August are suing the corporate retailer for negligence that they allege made the store “a criminal’s safe haven” when a white 21-year-old with a swastika-painted rifle opened fire on its Black customers.
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Duval jail death toll hits 14 this year after 2 more reported
Two recent in-custody deaths at Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office—Walter James Matthews and Robert Shaffer—raise critical concerns about inmate healthcare, bringing this year’s toll to 14 at Duval County jail.
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Jacksonville to pay $200k to settle lawsuit over police shooting of FAMU student
Taxpayers will foot a $200,000 bill to settle a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for the police killing of FAMU student Jamee Johnson.
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U.S. DOJ agrees with Jacksonville sheriff that brutal arrest didn’t break law
The U.S. Department of Justice said that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s recent arrest of a 24-year-old that caught national attention in September because of its brutality “does not give a rise to a prosecutable violation of the federal civil rights laws.”