The Florida Department of Management Services opened an investigation into Armor Correctional Services after the company failed to report that they were convicted in the death of a Milwaukee inmate in October 2022.
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Jail didn’t give transplant medicine despite knowing a Jacksonville man needed it, records confirm
Andrew Bonderud, the attorney for Dexter Barry’s family, believes Barry not getting his life-sustaining medication “was entirely driven by profit and a profit motive.”
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‘My heart will be rejected’: Jacksonville man dies after missing doses in jail
After a dispute with his neighbor over wireless internet access, police arrested Dexter Barry and denied him the heart transplant medicine he said he needed.
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Officials refuse to answer questions in JSO public strip-search case
Despite public outcry over the case of a Black man who was stripped by Jacksonville sheriff’s officers on a public road, the agencies responsible for his prosecution have yet to answer a slew of questions raised by The Tributary’s reporting last week.
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Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office strip-search called ‘outrageous, unwarranted, embarrassing’
Last September, Jacksonville sheriff’s officers stripped a 45-year-old man on a public road in view of his aunt and others, likely in violation of department policy.
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Republican T.K. Waters beats Lakesha Burton for Jacksonville sheriff
Republican T.K. Waters won the special election for Jacksonville sheriff Tuesday night, beating out Democrat Lakesha Burton.
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Jacksonville agrees to stop requiring sex offenders to post “no candy” signs at Halloweeen
The city of Jacksonville agreed to stop enforcing a local ordinance that required registered sex offenders to post a “no candy or treats here” sign every Halloween.
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Florida Supreme Court suspends former Public Defender Matt Shirk’s license one year
Nine years after former Public Defender Matt Shirk’s many foibles first came to light, the Florida Supreme Court has taken action to discipline him, suspending his law license for a year.
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Jacksonville sheriff election: Republican T.K. Waters and Democrat Lakesha Burton head to November runoff
Republican T.K. Waters and Democrat Lakesha Burton both earned enough votes Tuesday night to advance to a November runoff in the special election for Jacksonville’s sheriff.
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Jacksonville state attorney says T.K. Waters and wife, who works for state attorney, didn’t violate voter registration law
State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office said that Jacksonville sheriff’s candidate T.K. Waters and his wife, who is an employee of the State Attorney’s Office, did not violate voter registration laws when they continued voting in a precinct where they didn’t live.