FJI and Firm Sue Miami Over Panhandling Law
May 21, 2025 The Florida Justice Institute (FJI), a nonprofit civil rights litigation and advocacy organization, and the law firm […]
What We Do
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
Southern Poverty Law Center and Florida Justice Institute Sue to Stop the Florida Department of Corrections’ Attempt to Seize Excessive Force Settlement Agreement
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Florida Justice Institute (FJI) have filed federal and state suits challenging the Florida Department of
Blogs, Housing and Poverty, Newsroom
Amidst a nationwide day of action to demand affordable housing, advocacy organizations urge local governments to avoid criminalizing homelessness in response to HB 1365
April 22, 2025— As local governments grapple with enforcement of a new state law banning people from sleeping in public spaces,
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
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,
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
FJI Suit Against Lake City Anti-Solicitation Successfully Resolved with Repeal and Payment
November 25, 2024 Following FJI’s lawsuit against a Lake City ordinance that prohibited standing, soliciting, or leafletting at certain intersections,
Criminal Justice Reform, Press Coverage
Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department
By KATE PAYNE | November 1, 2024Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It was the hottest September in more than