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• REFORMATION OF MANDATORY MINIMUM LAWS

  March 24, 2017

  HEEDING THE CALL FROM FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOR OFFENDERS WITH MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES. Pennsylvania Florida Iowa Nebraska Missouri Louisiana Oklahoma Kentucky Ohio FAMM will be sharing the stories of those affected by mandatory minimum sentencing within these states with lawmakers and the community.  Unfortunately, not every case will work, but…

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• FLORIDA PAROLE BILLS – 2017 SESSION

  March 19, 2017

       HB 535 General BILL by Edwards ; (Co-Introducers) Cortes, J. Aged Prison Inmates; Requires DOC to consider needs of inmates older than 50 years of age & adopt health care standards for that population; provides for supervised conditional elderly release program; provides criteria for program eligibility; authorizes arrest of inmate who has been released…

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• Prosecutors Find No Wrong Doing in Shower Death at Dade Correctional Mental Health Unit

  March 19, 2017

  MARCH 17, 2017 4:32 PM BY JULIE K. BROWN jbrown@MiamiHerald.com                                        A 101-page investigation released Friday concludes that corrections officers who locked a schizophrenic inmate in a hot shower at Dade Correctional Institution and left him there…

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• FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DECISION: ATWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA

  May 27, 2016

  May 26, 2016 Article Courtesy: Moritz Law/Sentencing Law and Policy Justice Barbara J. Pariente         Chief Justice Jorge Labarga              Justice R. Fred Lewis Justice Ricky Polston   Justice Peggy A. Quince   Justice Charles T. Canady    Justice James E.C. Perry   Split Florida Supreme Court…

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• HUGE PROFIT STRATEGIES – FAMILIES BEWARE

  February 03, 2016

  Having a tough time coming out of pocket for exorbitant mark-ups on Florida Dept. of Corrections Canteen food and other items that inmates, or more correctly their families, are sacrificing to purchase?  This is no minimal markup, this is avid profiteering.  You be the Judge!               Compare to Winn…

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• HEARTFELT, HEARTWRENCHING CONDOLENCES

  December 21, 2012

  FORGOTTEN MAJORITY SENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES  TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED IN THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN CONNECTICUT. THE WHOLE WORLD GRIEVES WITH YOU.

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