Forgotten Majority

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

Year: 2019

  • A UNIQUE GIFT FOR YOUR INCARCERATED LOVED ONE

    Ms. Patti, a mom whose son is incarcerated, shared this great gift idea for a husband, wife or beloved family member that is in prison. Every Christmas, she buys a gift that she is sure her son would love and she saves that tangible gift for his homecoming. Then she sends him a card containing […]

  • AVAILABLE NOW: ESAS – A Judicious Data Base That Exposes The Wide Range of Sentences For Similarly Situated Offenses.

    “Over the course of my 30+ years in the legal profession, I have witnessed disparate treatment of citizens at every stage of the Criminal “Justice” System from unfair arrests and/or non-arrests by (some) police officers, excessive charging decisions and/or plea bargain offers by (some) prosecutors, disparate sentences from (a few) judges and inequitable representation by […]

  • PREVIEW LOBBY DAY 2020

    This letter below is being sent to a sample population at every prison in the state of Florida to educate and inform offenders of the impact we are seeking for Lobby Day 2020. The Florida First Step Act, Sen Jeff Brandes, started as a strong bill for prison reform in the 2019 Session but dwindled […]

  • FLORIDA’S FIRST STEP ACT -DISAPPOINTING

    FLORIDA LEGISLATORS THREW AWAY REAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM –AND MILLIONS IN TAXPAYER MONEY Many Florida families had pinned their hopes on promises of criminal justice reform. Extremely minor fixes were made around the edges of the profoundly flawed criminal justice industry in Florida. But the principle problem remains: Florida continues to throw away lives and […]

  • LOBBY DAY RALLY 2019

    The importance of attending Lobby Day, an annual event that occurs just prior to the beginning of the Legislative Session, is to impress upon Legislators the critical criminal justice issues that will decrease a bulging prison population and protect public safety and to ask for their vote/support when those bills enter Committee for discussion. If […]

  • ASK SEN. PERRY TO BRING THESE BILLS TO THE TABLE

    If you have not emailed Senator Perry requesting that he add the bills that are important to us at the next criminal justice committee meeting, click on the link below to send an email. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WpCQggTaELzt3bNwgUuCTk0ycvPexikaEBkDTx3smKw Send email to: Perry.keith@flsenate.govFeel free to use the following format. Subject: Put SB642; SB704; SB1656 SB1212 & SB1032 on the […]

  • PAROLE HEARING 2/27/19

    Courtesy First Coast News: Anne SchindlerPublished: 6:12 PM EST February 27, 2019 https://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/news/crime/she-deserves-to-die-in-prison-mother-who-murdered-three-children-denied-medical-parole/77-a989998c-77bf-4dcc-a6cd-2f0b177526a1?jwsource=cl The Florida Commission on Offender Review (formerly the Parole Commission) conducts Parole Hearings in various parts of the state. This Hearing was held in Jacksonville Beach, Florida where 3 parole-eligible inmates were given the grace of Parole. Those offenders have shown themselves to […]

  • 2019 FLORIDA LOBBY DAY