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District Court Rules that Some Incarcerated People Are Eligible for $1200 Payment
The federal government passed the CARES Act to give some people $1200. Thanks to a class action lawsuits brought by
FJI condemns state-sanctioned violence against Black communities
We condemn the brutal murder of George Floyd and the countless other Black people who have been victims of police
Miami Beach Once Again Tries to Ban Panhandling, a Constitutionally Protected Activity
For years, Miami Beach leaders have done their utmost to make the city an unpleasant place for homeless people. Advocates
Despite Coronavirus Warnings, Miami Area Police Are Still Arresting Hundreds of Homeless People
Between March 12—when Miami-Dade County instituted a local state of emergency to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus—and April
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More tax dollars won’t solve Florida’s dire prison crisis
Last year, a Florida prison inmate at Martin Correctional Institution used a hidden camera to document the conditions there. It
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After inmate ‘dragged like a ragdoll,’ lawmaker calls prison conditions ‘less than human’
In a video posted on Facebook, State Rep. Dianne Hart excoriated excessive heat, excessively short eating times, inadequate female hygiene
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Protest planned after brutal attack by guards on woman at Florida’s Lowell prison
Advocacy groups are organizing a protest at Florida’s largest women’s prison, Lowell Correctional Institution, Saturday morning in the wake of
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After brutal attack by guards on woman at Florida’s Lowell prison, a probe is begun
A 51-year-old inmate at the nation’s largest women’s prison was gravely injured this week in what was described as a