Tempering The Cost Of Aging, Dying In Prison With The Demands Of Justice
Photo: Meredity Nierman / WGBH A Massachusetts state prison is expanding the graveyard where it buries inmates who die in custody, […]
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FDC withdraws proposed rule to cut prison visitation hours
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) — Prison reform groups are celebrating a victory after a proposed rule to cut visitation hours in
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Despite Privatization, Prison Health Costs Continue To Rise
As a candidate, Gov. Rick Scott pitched the idea of having private companies provide health care to the state’s prisoners
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As he was strangled by his cellmate at Dade prison, guards did nothing, complaint says
Anthony Vidal was sentenced to 15 years in prison — not to death — for a non-violent robbery in 2006.
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FJI Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit against Florida Department of Corrections for Prisoner Murdered at Dade CI
The Florida Justice Institute, Inc. (FJI) today filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Mr. Vidal’s family alleging that
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ACLU, FJI, and Others Return to Court to Enforce Historic Pottinger Agreement Protecting Miami Homeless
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 1, 2018 MIAMI, FL – The Greater Miami Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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Florida inmates’ families will have to pay for video “visits”
TALLAHASSEE — Faced with in-person visitations slashed in half and an offer to pay for the privilege, a coalition of
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Advocates File Lawsuit Over Threat to Eject and Arrest People Left Homeless by Miami-Dade Residence Restrictions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 7, 2018 CONTACT: ACLU of Florida Media Office, media@aclufl.org, (786) 363-2737 MIAMI, FL – Attorneys from Legal Services of
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Video Shows City Workers Destroying Property of Homeless Miamians
The morning of April 17, Wilbur Cauley left all of his belongings in their usual place: stacked by a fence