When the Santa Rosa County Jail adopted a policy that required all outgoing correspondence from inmates to be on postcards—no letters in envelopes—FJI, co-counseling with the ACLU of Florida, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all jail inmates, alleging that the policy violated the First Amendment. After months of litigation, the parties reached a settlement, wherein the Sheriff agreed to repeal the policy, and to pay $135,000 in attorneys’ fees. Now people detained in the Santa Rosa Jail can enjoy uncensored communication with their loved ones.
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