The Broward Sheriff’s Office identified its department’s errors in a 246-page internal affairs report.
More than 100 students marched across the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton on Friday to protest campus police collaborating with federal immigration authorities.
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The $350,000 proposal was torpedoed after the mayor raised questions about benefit to the city. The only time teams will be playing in Broward County during the tournament will be for practice at Chase Stadium. (via @jakeshore.bsky.social)
Federal investigation of South #Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight www.wlrn.org/wlrn-investi... via @wlrnnews.bsky.social
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. For @wlrnnews.bsky.social I tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner.
Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to figure out why the state’s pill mill laws did not flag issues sooner. (via @jakeshore.bsky.social)
“ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure, and humane environments,” an ICE statement from April said. “At no time during detention is a detained illegal alien denied emergent care.”
Additionally, another detainee told Human Rights Watch that the medical response to Blaise was severely delayed.
ICE records blame Blaise for failing to take prescribed blood pressure medication on multiple occasions.
But her son told Broward investigators that she said she couldn’t get a doctor to see her on the day of her death.
The ME ruled Blaise’s death as natural - stemming from high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease
Comparing reports from ICE, the Broward County medical examiner, and Human Rights Watch, we were able to establish a timeline leading up to the death of Marie-Ange Blaise, 44, at Broward Transitional Center.
It’s a for-profit detention center contracted by ICE with GEO Group
Conflicting records and testimony are raising questions about the death of a Haitian woman in U.S. immigration custody in Broward County this spring.
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Here's the original investigation from 2023 that helped spur the change: thecurrentga.org/2023/04/14/c...
This is the impact of local journalism! Read the story about the change here:
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Excitement has been building among detainees in Unit 1, says the unit supervisor. It's the first time in 14 years that the jail has allowed in-person visitors.
Under the U.S. justice system, people in jail are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Those who do not receive a bond or cannot afford to pay bail must stay in detention until trial, or until they plead guilty, or their charges are dismissed.
Sheriff Richard Coleman said visitation begins today for the Unit 1, the area of the jail that houses female detainees and male mental health detainees.
“It’s a humane thing to me," Coleman said at a press conference yesterday.
2 years ago, I reported in The Current GA on how Georgia sheriffs barred visits to jails after Covid, while increasing revenues on communication fees.
Yesterday the Chatham sheriff reopened in-person visits to the jail - running on the issue last election after reading our story
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
BREAKING: Musk’s DOGE has fired car safety experts in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who directly regulated Tesla.
You can read the bill in our story, as well as hear comments from concerned First Amendment advocates
NEW: Georgia Republican legislators slotted in major changes to the Georgia Open Records Act – including limiting public access to police reports – near the end of its legislative session without the regular due process most bills receive.
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation #journalism and commentary: #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare www.nccprblog.org/2025/03/nccp...
Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions
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I’ve been told that #Georgia Gov. Kemp’s tort reform proposal could also affect cases that deal with alleged negligence at public housing. This story reported for #GPB had been in my head for months until the pieces came together … www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...
Georgia's child welfare agency, the department which oversees more than 10,000 children in foster care, used a laboratory probed for false claims to make crucial decisions regarding custody. #gapol
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The Imprint News, a leading nonprofit news site covering foster care nationally, reposted our story on Georgia DFCS and its use of a laboratory probed for false claims to make important custody decisions.
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