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FJI Objects to FDOC’s Legal Mail Rule Change

May 7, 2025 MIAMI— Florida Justice Institute, together with other civil rights groups, have objected for a second time to […]

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FJI and other advocacy organizations urge local governments to avoid criminalizing homelessness in response to new state law

April 8, 2025 Today, Southern Legal Counsel, the National Homelessness Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law center, and the Florida Justice Institute

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FJI joins letter urging attorney general to protect the legal profession and equal justice under law for all people.

March 28, 2025 FJI has signed on to the below letter, which represents a broad coalition of lawyers, legal organizations,

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FJI Urges Passage of the Tristin Murphy Act

March 6, 2025 March 6, 2025; MIAMI/TALLAHASSEE, FL. The Florida Justice Institute (FJI), a nonprofit civil rights organization, expresses its

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FJI Files Lawsuit Over Sweltering Heat at South Florida Prison

Florida Justice Institute (FJI) filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) on behalf of those incarcerated at Dade Correctional Institution (Dade CI), seeking relief from the sweltering and oppressive heat that all incarcerated people must suffer through each summer.