​​​JAIL NEGLECT & ABUSE

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Have You Suffered From Neglect or Abuse in Jail or Prison?

We Cover the Entire State of Florida 
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           Proven Success In Civil Rights  Cases ​
Deputies Welfare Checklists:​

The Standards and Procedures require direct observation by deputies who are supposed to complete "welfare checklists" on suicidal inmates at least four times per hour, or ninety-six times per day.

Key Focus should on Evaluating:

  • Jail Suicide Prevention
  • Inmate Suicide Checklists
  • Inmate Jail Suicide Screening
  •  Inmate Direct Observation
  •  Inmate Suicide Monitoring
  • Jail Staff  Reliability
  • Inmate Jail Suicide Watch
  • Interviewing Jail Staff
  • Interviewing Jail Inmates 
  • Reviewing Jail Policies
  • Reviewing Jail Data
  • Jail Mental Health Program
  • Jail ​understaffed Issues
  • Provide Inmate Counseling
  • Inmate Case Management
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\Jim Tanner-Tampa Bay’s   Nationally Recognized  Civil Rights And Criminal Defense Attorney​ with over 34 years Litigation and Trial Experience in Florida with Pro Hac Vice Appearances in State and Federal Courts in California, Texas, Georgia, and Alabama.
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National Police Accountability Project ​
​Jim Tanner is a member of  the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP).  NPAP is a project of the National Lawyers Guild, which was founded in 1937 as the first racially integrated national bar association. In 1999, NPAP was created as a non-profit to protect the human and civil rights of individuals in their encounters with law enforcement and detention facility personnel. The central mission of NPAP is to promote the accountability of law enforcement officers and their employers for violations of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

With over 500 members and growing, we continue to effect change in the flawed legal system and fight to put an end to police brutality of all forms. NPAP does not provide legal representation to victims of law enforcement misconduct. If you are looking for an attorney, please visit our Attorney Referral Listing and feel free to contact us if you require additional referrals. If you are interested in learning more about ways to hold law enforcement accountable, please review the NPAP Manual.

​Jail Abuse and Medical Neglect Lawyer

Jails and prisons should conduct a careful medical and mental health screening as soon as reasonably possible after an inmate is admitted.

These screenings are necessary to identify inmates who might require medical treatment.  They also serve  to protect other incoming inmates and others in the prison from communicable diseases and other serious medical conditions.

The intake nurse as well as any other medical staff should take all vital signs.  Check for any diagnosis in the past if history is available to include medical conditions such as high blood or other pre-existing medical conditions.  If such conditions exist the inmate should be checked regularly.

Once a Florida citizen is taken into police custody, the police department and the jail assume responsibility for that person’s safety. If an inmate is injured or dies because of medical neglect, abusive treatment, or negligence, then the city or county may be financially liable.

Jails present many dangers and pretrial inmates have little recourse to complain. Civil rights attorney Jim Tanner has had good success for victims of jail medical neglect, including awards to family members of those who died in custody. Attorney Tanner practices in the Tampa Bay Area, including Polk, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Manatee, Sarasota and throughout the state of Florida
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​Attorney Tanner has handled and helped many other attorneys handle all civil rights lawsuits and wrongful death cases stemming from police brutality, misconduct and incarceration:

  • Medical neglect — Failing to diagnose and treat serious conditions, withholding necessary medication
  • Assault — Beatings by jail personnel, failure to segregate violent inmates, failure to respond to complaints of physical abuse or sexual assault
  • Cruel and unusual punishment — Withholding food or medical assistance, excessive restraints, retaliation for reporting abuse, sexual exploitation, unauthorized punishment meted out by staff
  • Mental illness — Failure to protect emotionally disturbed inmates from themselves or predatory cellmates; failure to provide psychiatric care and suicide prevention measures
  • Understaffing/failure to monitor — Failure to provide the mandated level of supervision under Florida law

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    WHEN YOU CONTACT OUR LAW OFFICE YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE IN YOUR CASE AND SPEND OUR ATTORNEY TIME AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU.   ​PUT SIMPLY DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR CASE IF SO THEN:

    WE REQUIRE BEFORE SETTING UP TIME WITH ATTORNEY TANNER THAT YOU PAY A SMALL CONSULTATION FEE OF     $150.00 [WE DO ACCEPT VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER OVER THE PHONE] 

    PLEASE PROVIDE THE DATE, LOCATION AND POLICE STATION, SHERIFF OFFICE,  JAIL OR PRISON OR OTHER AGENCY WHO YOU BELIEVE VIOLATED YOUR RIGHTS.  

    AFTER WE CONFER WITH YOU WE MAY SET UP ANOTHER CONFERENCE IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOUR CASE WHICH WILL BE A FREE CONFERENCE AND WERE WE WILL EXPLAIN  WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM YOU.  

    CONSULTATION ARE FREE ONLY IN CASES OF DEATH     ​

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