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FJI Settles Case for Incarcerated Man Whose Hand Was Crushed by Guard’s Attack

While locked behind a steel door in his cell, an FDOC inmate put his arm outside of the door’s food

FJI, co-counseling with the firm Alan Goldfarb P.A., filed suit on behalf of former federal prisoner Robert Hernandez. Mr. Hernandez

Attorneys at the Florida Justice Institute have successfully persuaded the Florida Department of Corrections to withdraw a proposed rule that

“The Florida prison system’s attempt to stop prisoners from communicating on the Internet has run into a threat of legal

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that California must proceed with the release of nearly 10,000 prisoners from its overcrowded

The Federal Communications Commission today took long-overdue steps to ensure that the rates for interstate long-distance calls made by prison

FJI joined an amicus brief filed in Prison Legal News’ First Amendment Challenge to Pinal County Jail policies on publications.

Daniel Wolfe was a 24-year-old man who was six months shy of getting out of prison when he suffocated to

There are many reasons the Legislature should embrace “Smart Justice” legislation, including significant benefits to public safety. But as the