Forgotten Majority

Advocating for the just and humane treatment of those who are incarcerated.

Category: Inmate Visitation Restriction

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • STEP UP AND STEP OUT TO RETAIN WEEKLY PRISON VISITATION

    GO TO THE PETITION SITE NOW TO READ, SIGN AND POST TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA!! https://www.change.org/p/governor-rick-scott-stop-fdoc-from-taking-our-family-visitation-time-away Addressed to Governor Rick Scott – Created by Jewie Tryon. In this March 8, 2016, photo, Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones visits with Wakulla Correctional Institution inmates. Citing staff shortages and safety issues, the agency has announced […]