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At FJI, we are committed to defending civil rights and advocating for justice in Florida.
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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 Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP, have filed a lawsuit against the City of Miami challenging as unconstitutional a City ordinance that prohibits “panhandling,” i.e., requesting money for charity, in an “aggressive”
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 a proposed legal mail rule by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that would make it more difficult for attorneys to communicate with incarcerated people. This is the second time
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 Corrections’ (FDC) enforcement of a $547,850 lien against an incarcerated person, arguing that it violates federal law to confiscate civil rights settlement funds and state law to do so without
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 advocated for change by sending letters to public officials in 21 cities and counties urging the use of non-punitive measures as they implement a statewide camping restriction that was passed
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, law schools, law firms, and other throughout the legal community and across the ideological spectrum, urging the Attorney General to defend the rule of law and the legal profession against
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 strong support for the Tristin Murphy Act (SB 168), and urges the Legislature to pass it. The Act creates a mental health diversion program that would allow people arrested for