Advocating for the just and humane treatment of those who are incarcerated.
Author: Executive Editor
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS VISITATION RESTRICTIONS REVISITED
At a prison with Modified Visitation – every other weekend – this spouse could only touch, hug, kiss her husband 4 times a month. How do you define inhumane? There will be an upcoming Public Hearing on Thursday, May 31, 2018, addressing the modifications to FDC’s proposed rollback to in-person visitation. The Hearing will be […]
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EDITOR INTERVIEW RE: VISITATION ROLLBACK
Sascha Cordner serves as the host and producer of local and state news content for the afternoon news program “All Things Considered” at WFSU. Sascha primarily covers criminal justice and social services issues. About a 100 people trekked to Tallahassee on April 6th for the two-hour hearing to voice their opposition to the proposed rule […]
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WE SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT IN UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION
Article courtesy of Florida Cares (4/4/18) Denise Rock, CEO info.floridacares@gmail.com Yesterday’s FDOC public hearing on the visitation schedule changes went very well. FDOC reported that over 150 people replied by filing out the Public Hearing Appearance Request Record form. A reporter in the room counted well over a hundred attendees and there were people standing in the […]
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PUBLIC HEARING RE: VISITATION ROLLBACK
COME ONE, COME ALL!!! The Public Hearing on Visitation Rule 33-601.722 will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd, from 8:30 am to 10 am at the Capital Circle Office Center (Betty Easley Center), 4075 Esplanade Way, Room 148, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Anyone desiring to offer input regarding the rollback of visitation to twice monthly must […]
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ALL ABOUT MULTI-MEDIA KIOSKS AND TABLETS
Any offender can use the Multimedia Kiosks for: 1. Exchanging email messages with friends/family 2. Exchanging Video Grams and photos with friends & family. 3. Conducting scheduled video visitation sessions with friends & family 4. Purchasing music, games, eBooks, audio books and renting movies 5. Accessing the Employ Florida Marketplace to review job listings FDC […]
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SB 1392 PASSED REFORMING RACIAL INJUSTICES IN THE COURTS
Courtesy: Herald-Tribune 3/9/18 By Josh Salman Staff Writer Legislation follows Herald-Tribune investigation revealing severe disparity in sentencing. The Florida Legislature approved SB 1392 late Friday to bolster transparency in the criminal justice system, a reform experts hope will address rampant racial disparities in sentencing exposed in reporting by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The effort to improve data […]
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8 MARCH 2018 PROTEST RALLY AT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Watch the video 3/8/18: http://www.wtxl.com/news/protesters-rallying-for-inmates-at-florida-dept-of-corrections/article_6bbf8816-2360-11e8-9e7e-f3f7d52e4ae6.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next Protesters are pictured at Gov. Rick Scott’s office dressed to represent offenders who will be negatively impacted by the proposed cutbacks in visitation, in spite of the well known factual benefits of getting a visit. They submitted a petition, authored by Jewie Tryon and addressed to Gov. Scott requesting his […]
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MARCH 8th PROTEST RALLY TO STOP GRUELING VISITATION CUTBACKS IN FLORIDA PRISONS
JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018 to protest the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) latest policy on curtailing visitation to twice a month for a minimum of 2 hours per visit. This is being seen as an effort to push video visitation at a rate of $2.95 for 15 minutes to reap huge profits […]
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DON’T FUND JPAY THROUGH THE APP/INTERNET OR PHONE!!! YOU HAVE OPTIONS.
Courtesy of : Florida Cares SWITCH TO MONEY GRAM TO SEND CANTEEN MONEY AND ABSOLUTLY DO NOT USE THE JPAY EMAILS, VIDEOS, PICTURES OR VIDEO VISITATION. INCARCERATED INDIVDUALS MUST BOYCOTT THE TABLETS AND KIOSKS. IF WE PUT OUR MONEY INTO JPAY ON LINE OR BY PHONE THEN WE ARE PAYING TO STOP OUR OWN IN PERSON VISITS. Please print, […]
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FLORIDA PRISON VISITATION = 2 DAYS A MONTH ALLOWED WITH YOUR LOVED ONE
FDOC Changing Visitation Rule: 2 days a Month For a Minimum of 2 hr per day. Jewie Tryon United States MAR 3, 2018 — The FDOC had cut even deeper still with a new proposed rule change to the Chapter 33 Visiting Rules. You can see this by going to: https://www.flrules.org/gateway/RuleNo.asp?ID=33-601.722 Sec 2 (b) reads as […]