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Category: Florida
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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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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 […]
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Big Win for Voting Rights Restoration Campaign
Courtesy: New Florida Majority Big Win for Voting Rights Restoration Campaign Exciting news: this fall, voters statewide will have a chance to restore the ability to vote to over 1.5 million Florida citizens! Last year, NewFM and Forgotten Majority, Inc. joined a state-wide coalition working to collect enough signatures to get the Voting Restoration Amendment placed on the […]
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2018 LOBBY DAYS AT THE STATE’S CAPITAL
ACLU’s Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR) will be visible and vocal at the state’s Capital on each of the four 2018 Legislative lobby days in Tallahassee, Florida. Tuesday, January 16 Wednesday, January 24 Tuesday, February 6 Wednesday, February 21 The CCJR priorities are as follows: 1. Overall Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform 2. Reduce Drivers’ License Suspensions for […]
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IMPORTANT SENTENCING REFORM BILLS IN 2018 FLORIDA SESSION
12/8/17 The 2018 legislative session starts next month, and this week is the last committee week of the year. There was some movement on an important sentencing reform bill and I wanted to give you an update on where things stand. SB 694, by Senator Jeff Brandes, would allow judges to depart from mandatory minimums […]
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SIGN THE PETITION AND JOIN THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT NOW TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS TO FLORIDA FELONS
Courtesy: Kira Lerner: klerner@thinkprogress.org Political Reporter at ThinkProgress. Florida voters could restore voting rights to almost 2 million felons in 2018! Petition Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7gsgDLdRJScVW5QbzAzeG1OTjA/view Get involved and help get the signatures required to put the constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot. Follow the link to find out how to create a petition gathering group in your […]
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LIFE = 20 YEARS UNDER SB 1744
Florida Senate – 2017 SB 1744 By Senator Rouson Tallahassee Office 212 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 (850) 487-5019 19-01506-17 […]
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REFORMATION OF MANDATORY MINIMUM LAWS
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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RACIAL BIAS IN JURIES MAY REVERSE DECADES OF SENTENCING
Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Published 10:19 a.m. ET March 6, 2017 | Updated 3:44 p.m. ET 3/6/2017 JUSTICES DIVIDED OVER JURY RACISM US Supreme Court: Racism can upend jury verdicts WASHINGTON — Racism in jury deliberations is so pernicious that verdicts can be thrown out even following convictions, […]
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SPECTRUM
Courtesy WFSU Sasha Cordner Sept. 2016 The Florida Department of Corrections is starting to implement a new program aimed at making sure released offenders don’t come back to the state’s prison system. Prison officials say Spectrum is a research-based program unique to Florida.