Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on “Post-card Only” Mail Policies in Jails
Over the past five years, dozens of local jails across the country have followed a harmful new policy trend: mandating
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FJI Ends 30-year-old Consent Decree with Monroe County Jail that Drastically Improved Conditions
First filed in 1980, the case of McIntyre v. Perryam resulted in a consent decree against the Monroe County Jail
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FJI Secures Hearing Equipment for Incarcerated Deaf Man; FDOC Pays $237,500 in Attorneys’ Fees
Felix Garcia, a profoundly deaf incarcerated man, just wanted to be able to hear the television, using a simple hookup
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FJI & ACLU Reach Settlement with Santa Rosa County to Repeal Postcard Only Policy from Jail
When the Santa Rosa County Jail adopted a policy that required all outgoing correspondence from inmates to be on postcards—no
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Santa Rosa Inmates Can Exchange Letters
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) – Federal judge Casey Rodgers signed an order reversing the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s “post card only”
FJI, FILS, Holland & Knight Achieve Historic Victory for Incarcerated People with Mental Illnesses
This case resulted in one of the most significant victories for prisoners’ rights in Florida, and allowed FJI to collaborate
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FJI Achieves $500,000 Settlement for Parents of Incarcerated Woman Who Committed Suicide
FJI sued the FDOC, as well as two private health care companies, for negligence and deliberate indifference to serious medical
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A Better Idea on Pardons
Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet will be wasting their time and our tax dollars when they consider a pardon for the dead Doors frontman Jim Morrison.
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Sheriff Sued Over Mail Policy at Santa Rosa Jail
The lawsuit against Sheriff Wendell Hall, filed in the federal court in Pensacola on behalf of three inmates, claims that