Forgotten Majority

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

Category: Florida

  • WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT REGION 2

      Mr. Eric Lane Regional Director Region 2 Mr. Duane Spears Asst. Regional Director   Mr. Brian Riedl Regional Warden   Mr. Dan Eberlein Re-Entry Coordinator Region 2 consists of 18 correctional Institutions including the ‘Iron Triangle’, a cluster of three major prisons that form a razor-wire corridor along State Road 16 north of Starke with a […]

  • CORRECTIONS TRANSITION PROGRAM

    Dr. Regina Shearn, Co-Founder, Corrections Transition Program   “MEN GOING HOME” The Corrections Transition Program (CTP) is known state wide as the LIFER’S PROGRAM.  Co-founded by Marta Villacorta, who served as Warden and  Regional IV Director and Dr. Regina B. Shearn, Professor of Psychology, FIU, the CTP prepares inmates for re-entry who are parole eligible and […]

  • THE GLOBAL TEL LINK MONOPOLY

    The cost of a phone call from the local jail in Jacksonville, Florida is astronomical.  Global Tel Link (GTL) has a monopoly on providing those phone calls in Duval County and is charging exorbitant rates to those who are desperate to speak with their loved ones.  And don’t think it can’t happen to you.  On […]

  • HB 7035 GIVES JUVENILES SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT

    Courtesy of First Coast News Keitha Nelson EDT April 25, 2014 Link to interview:  http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/25/florida-juvenile-sentencing-changes/8181889/                                                       Florida Times Union photo JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Senate recently passed a bill with […]

  • FLORIDA CLEMENCY HEARING

    From left to right: Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commissioner Adam Putnam,                                         Governor Rick Scott, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater The Clemency Board is governed by the Florida Rules of Executive Clemency and meets four times annually to address six […]

  • FAIR SENTENCING ACT BECOMES A REALITY

    April 26, 2014 Julie Stewart President, Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) Well Done Congress, Now Make Fair Sentencing Act Retroactive! Yesterday, President Obama changed history once again by signing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 into law, reforming the notorious “100-to-1” ratio between crack and powder cocaine into a fairer 18-to-1 ratio and repealing a […]

  • Marissa Alexander’s Sentence Could Triple in ‘Warning-Shot’ Case.

    Posted: March 1, 2014   The Times-Union By Larry Hannan  (904) 359-4470 Larry.hannan@jacksonville.com BOB MACK/The Times-Union The second trial for Marissa Alexander (center) is scheduled to begin July 28. A Jacksonville woman whose case generated outrage when she was sentenced to 20 years in prison may end up behind bars for 60 years for the same […]

  • FREE LEGAL HELP JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA

    Mark your calendar for free legal assistance sponsored by Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc. and the D.W. Perkins Bar Association.  They will host a RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC and a SEALING & EXPUNGEMENT CLINIC at the WELLS FARGO HISTORIC SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER AT 1601 N. MAIN ST., 2ND FLOOR. JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32206.  Check dates and […]

  • CHRONICLES OF PAROLE HEARING HELD 1/15/2014

    First Coast News, news source 4:38 p.m. EST January 14, 2014 Video courtesy of FCN Coming soon… Parole Hearing Audio. Meg Pace reports on the Florida Parole Commission to consider release of inmate Bryan Sanford.                                     UPDATE, 1/15/14: Bryan Sanford’s […]

  • PAROLE HEARING IN ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA

    This is an opportunity to attend an official parole hearing in the Jacksonville Florida area.  All parole hearings are open to the public.  This docket includes approximately 40 cases. Day:     Wednesday Date:    January 15, 2014 Place:  Atlantic Beach City Hall             800 Seminole Road       […]