FJI and Advocates to Local Governments: Choose Housing Over Handcuffs
April 22, 2025— As local governments grapple with enforcement of a new state law banning people from sleeping in public spaces,
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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
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,
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
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Florida Accused of “Deliberate Indifference” to Inmates in Sweltering Heat at Miami-Dade Prison
By CBS/News Service of Florida | November 1, 2024CBS Miami TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “deliberate indifference,” a federal lawsuit
Prison Reform Advocates Sue in Federal Court for Air Conditioning in Florida Prisons
By Elena Barrera | October 31, 2024Tallahassee Democrat A new lawsuit is aiming for a big chill. After what was
Florida Prisoners File Federal Lawsuit Over Deadly Heat With No A/C
By Minnah Arshad | October 31, 2024USA Today Stifling heat at a Miami-area concrete prison without air conditioning contributed to