What We Do – Page 17 – Florida Justice Institute

FJI Files Summary Judgment Motion in Censorship Case Against Florida Department of Corrections

Back in 2003, the FDOC began to censor the magazine Prison Legal News—a monthly publication of legal news, analysis, and commentary […]

First filed in 1980, the case of McIntyre v. Perryam resulted in a consent decree against the Monroe County Jail

FJI, on behalf of Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence (HOPE), filed a series of lawsuits against various real estate companies

Felix Garcia, a profoundly deaf incarcerated man, just wanted to be able to hear the television, using a simple hookup

When the Santa Rosa County Jail adopted a policy that required all outgoing correspondence from inmates to be on postcards—no

The ACLU of Florida (ACLUFL) and the Florida Justice Institute, representing Prison Legal News (PLN), a project of the Human

FJI and the ACLU of Florida, on behalf of Luis Lebron, filed a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring drug

This case resulted in one of the most significant victories for prisoners’ rights in Florida, and allowed FJI to collaborate

FJI and the ACLU of Florida, on behalf of Luis Lebron, filed a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring drug