FJI Pushes Cities Toward Housing, Not Arrests
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 Legal Community Urging AG to Defend Equal Justice
March 28, 2025 FJI has signed on to the below letter, which represents a broad coalition of lawyers, legal organizations,
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 Win Ends With Lake City Repealing Solicitation Ban, Paying Settlement
November 25, 2024 Following FJI’s lawsuit against a Lake City ordinance that prohibited standing, soliciting, or leafletting at certain intersections,
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.
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FJI and SLC Lawsuit Challenges St. Johns County Law That Criminalizes Requests for Help
Florida-based legal aid organizations Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) and Florida Justice Institute (FJI) today filed a federal lawsuit challenging a
FJI Settles with Columbia County over Solicitation and Loitering Law
September 9, 2024 FJI has reached a settlement with Columbia County, resolving its lawsuit against the ordinance which prohibited solicitation
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FJI and SPLC Challenge $500,000 Florida DOC Lien Against Incarcerated Man Beaten Blind
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – In a motion filed last week, Jason Baez challenged a $547,850 lien imposed by the Florida
Final Order Issued In FJI’s Case Against Pompano Beach Ordinance
Following a bench trial, the District Court issued a final order in McDonald v. Pompano Beach, FJI’s long-running case against