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DeSantis rejects inmates getting vaccines ahead of seniors, despite rising prison deaths

Florida begins asking prisoners about COVID-19 vaccine. But education plan is lacking, experts say

Florida begins asking prisoners about COVID-19 vaccine. But education plan is lacking, experts say

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February 1st, 2021


Denise Rock, the executive director of the prisoner advocacy group Florida Cares, said she was shocked by the insensitivity of DeSantis’ comments Monday.


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Florida begins asking prisoners about COVID-19 vaccine. But education plan is lacking, experts say

Florida begins asking prisoners about COVID-19 vaccine. But education plan is lacking, experts say

Florida begins asking prisoners about COVID-19 vaccine. But education plan is lacking, experts say

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January 26th, 2021


Staff at Florida prisons have started asking inmates to decide if they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine, but are providing little or no information to help prisoners make that potentially life-saving decision, advocates say.

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Is there a COVID vaccination plan for Florida's prisons? Guards, inmates are waiting

Florida begins asking prisoners about COVID-19 vaccine. But education plan is lacking, experts say

Is there a COVID vaccination plan for Florida's prisons? Guards, inmates are waiting

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January 8th, 2021


Florida Corrections Secretary Mark Inch has submitted a request that could clear the way for thousands of state prisoners who are 65 and older to get a coronavirus vaccine, but it has yet to be approved by state health officials. 

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Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents give Christmas presents to their children

Florida charity helps connect incarcerated parents with their kids through holiday gifts

Is there a COVID vaccination plan for Florida's prisons? Guards, inmates are waiting

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December 25th, 2020

 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS 12) — In the Florida Cares office in West Palm Beach, workers and volunteers spent their Christmas Eve afternoon working tirelessly over tables filled with wrapping paper, tape, ribbons and bows. 

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Florida charity helps connect incarcerated parents with their kids through holiday gifts

Florida charity helps connect incarcerated parents with their kids through holiday gifts

Florida charity helps connect incarcerated parents with their kids through holiday gifts

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December 23rd, 2020


For the second year in a row, Helton’s three children will get a wrapped gift from their father, accompanied by a handwritten note from him, made possible by the Florida Cares holiday gift program.

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'A small second chance': Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents send gifts home for holidays

'A small second chance': Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents send gifts home for holidays

'A small second chance': Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents send gifts home for holidays

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December 23rd, 2020


The nonprofit, which works with the incarcerated and their families, wrapped Christmas gifts for their fourth year to send home to kids.

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Floridians are showing out for prison reform

'A small second chance': Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents send gifts home for holidays

'A small second chance': Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents send gifts home for holidays

Floridians are showing out for prison reform

December 20th, 2020


The Sarasota County Legislative Delegation Friday met with civic organizations and county residents to discuss priorities for Florida’s 2021 legislative session. Among many areas of concern discussed, none was talked about more than prison reform. 

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Prison officer charged with murder in inmate death at Lake Correctional

'A small second chance': Florida Cares helps incarcerated parents send gifts home for holidays

Prison officer charged with murder in inmate death at Lake Correctional

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November 10th, 2020


A Florida prison officer was arrested Monday on second-degree murder in the June death of a 51-year old inmate at Lake Correctional Institution. , according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement

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Florida Prisons have reopened for visitation

Bells ring at Seminole courthouse for Florida, nationwide inmates

Prison officer charged with murder in inmate death at Lake Correctional

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October 9th, 2020



The Florida Department of Corrections reopened its doors for visitation a week ago, a six-month closure that, even after it ended, highlighted the need for further communication between the FDC and the families of those who are incarcerated.

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Bells ring at Seminole courthouse for Florida, nationwide inmates

Bells ring at Seminole courthouse for Florida, nationwide inmates

Bells ring at Seminole courthouse for Florida, nationwide inmates

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August 22nd, 2020



Kita Dixon arrived with her nephew Isaiah at the Seminole County Criminal Justice  Center on Saturday afternoon with two boards telling the story of Marcello Jackson, Dixon’s husband who has been in jail since 2002 on armed robbery charges among other related crimes. 

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FL lawmakers intensify calls for low security inmate release

Bells ring at Seminole courthouse for Florida, nationwide inmates

Bells ring at Seminole courthouse for Florida, nationwide inmates

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August 13th, 2020


As COVID-19 spreads through Florida’s state prisons, a group of lawmakers who have visited the prisons said it is increasingly urgent that state leaders release non-violent inmates at elevated risk of being sickened or dying from COVID-19.

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Almost 12,500 COVID-19 cases added in Florida

Amid COVID-19 Florida confronts age-old question; do the old and the sick need to be locked up?

Florida justice center joins community organizations demanding free phone calls

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July 19th, 2020


Sunday, Florida’s daily COVID-19 case count remained high and death toll remained raised, but the positive test rate did fall over the last week.

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Florida justice center joins community organizations demanding free phone calls

Amid COVID-19 Florida confronts age-old question; do the old and the sick need to be locked up?

Florida justice center joins community organizations demanding free phone calls

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April 24th, 2020


As a result of the COVID-19 crisis it is now more important than ever that families be able to communicate.


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Amid COVID-19 Florida confronts age-old question; do the old and the sick need to be locked up?

Amid COVID-19 Florida confronts age-old question; do the old and the sick need to be locked up?

Amid COVID-19 Florida confronts age-old question; do the old and the sick need to be locked up?

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April 22nd, 2020


Florida’s prison population and staff are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. But the Legislature did nothing to make it easier to free sick and elderly inmates.

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Video visitation in jail systems see glitches during COVID-19

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of Florida prisoners with COVID

Amid COVID-19 Florida confronts age-old question; do the old and the sick need to be locked up?

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April 20th,2020



Many people are relying on video call sessions to keep in touch with loved ones during the pandemic.


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Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of Florida prisoners with COVID

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of Florida prisoners with COVID

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of Florida prisoners with COVID

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April 8th, 2020


In the last week incarcerated people have begun to test positive for COVID-19 in Florida’s jails and prisons. 

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At Florida prisons without A/C, masks add discomfort to 'unbearably hot summer'

At Florida prisons without A/C, masks add discomfort to 'unbearably hot summer'

At Florida prisons without A/C, masks add discomfort to 'unbearably hot summer'

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July 22nd, 2020


When Laurette Philipsen was imprisoned at Lowell Correctional Institution years ago, she said the heat was so unbearable she would wake in the middle of the night and stand in the shower, fully clothed, then lay back in bed in her drenched uniform, “just to get some type of relief.” 

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Surge in inmate COVID-19 cases spurs call for help

At Florida prisons without A/C, masks add discomfort to 'unbearably hot summer'

At Florida prisons without A/C, masks add discomfort to 'unbearably hot summer'

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July 22nd, 2020


Inside a sweltering prison in rural North Florida, the mass testing of hundreds of inmates began nearly two weeks ago on a Saturday, as corrections workers tried to sort and quarantine prisoners with symptoms of COVID-19.

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Another viewpoint: Florida's prisons are neglected COVID-19 hotspots

At Florida prisons without A/C, masks add discomfort to 'unbearably hot summer'

Coronavirus Florida: If any place needs help with COVID-19 - it's our jails and prisons

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June 26th, 2020


If there were ever a metaphor for a neglected petri dish for the novel coronavirus, it’s Florida’s jails and prisons.

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Coronavirus Florida: If any place needs help with COVID-19 - it's our jails and prisons

Coronavirus Florida: If any place needs help with COVID-19 - it's our jails and prisons

Coronavirus Florida: If any place needs help with COVID-19 - it's our jails and prisons

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June 24th, 2020 


Florida Cares, an advocacy group for prisoners in Florida, held a parade from the State Attorney’s Office to the Palm Beach County jail on April 3, 2020, urging county leaders be more  proactive in releasing inmates from the jail to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. 

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Reducing prison population would save lives in pandemic

Coronavirus Florida: If any place needs help with COVID-19 - it's our jails and prisons

As COVID-19 threatens Florida prisons, reform coalition wants more inmates released

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April 29th, 2020


Coronavirus is infecting us at unprecedented rates. It is the biggest public health crisis of our lifetimes, and we are failing to keep Floridians healthy and protected from the virus. 

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As COVID-19 threatens Florida prisons, reform coalition wants more inmates released

Coronavirus Florida: If any place needs help with COVID-19 - it's our jails and prisons

As COVID-19 threatens Florida prisons, reform coalition wants more inmates released

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April 8th, 2020


Social distancing can’t take place in crowded prisons, advocates say. 

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Coronavirus Florida: Lower bonds coming for some lower-level, nonviolent arrests in PBC

Coronavirus Florida: Lower bonds coming for some lower-level, nonviolent arrests in PBC

Coronavirus Florida: Lower bonds coming for some lower-level, nonviolent arrests in PBC

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April 7th, 2020


Bonds will be reduced temporarily in an effort to lessen the chances of an outbreak of coronavirus at the Palm Beach County Jail, according to an administrative order released this week. 

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State attorney working to release low-level offenders

Coronavirus Florida: Lower bonds coming for some lower-level, nonviolent arrests in PBC

Coronavirus Florida: Lower bonds coming for some lower-level, nonviolent arrests in PBC

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April 3rd, 2020


While protesters drove cars decked with slogans and honking their horns past the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office Friday demanding low-level inmates be released from jail, a plan was already in place to do just that.

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PBSO targets of protests advocating for jail inmates

Coronavirus Florida: Lower bonds coming for some lower-level, nonviolent arrests in PBC

Transparency urged as more FL prison workers test positive for COVID-19

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April 3rd, 2020


More than a dozen people got together Friday afternoon, in separate cars, socially distancing from one another, to demand that those with lower-level, nonviolent offenses be released to stop the potential spread of coronavirus within in the jails.


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Transparency urged as more FL prison workers test positive for COVID-19

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of prisoners with COVID-19

Transparency urged as more FL prison workers test positive for COVID-19

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April 1st, 2020


Florida's prison system has confirmed 12 workers testing positive for COVID-19, and some prison-rights groups say that alone should prompt testing of the prison population.

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Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of prisoners with COVID-19

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of prisoners with COVID-19

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform calls for release of prisoners with COVID-19

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March 31st, 2020


Last week it was reported that seven Florida Department of Corrections employees who work at seven different corrections facilities have tested positive for COVID-19. 

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Success on the inside: Michael Monsivais

Advocates call for special session to address Florida DOC budget cuts

Advocates call for special session to address Florida DOC budget cuts

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In prison, Michael Angel Monsivais saw a huge need. And instead of waiting for someone else to fill that need—the warden, the BOP, the government—he took matters into his own hands. 

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Advocates call for special session to address Florida DOC budget cuts

Advocates call for special session to address Florida DOC budget cuts

Advocates call for special session to address Florida DOC budget cuts

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The Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform (FLCCJR) is calling for a special session to address the $28 million in inhumane and counterproductive budget cuts to substance abuse treatment, transitional housing, community-based reentry services and mental health services announced by the Florida Department of Corrections.

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FAMM partnering with Florida Cares on criminal justice reform

Advocates call for special session to address Florida DOC budget cuts

Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reform

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FAMM announced today a partnership with Florida Cares to engage more families with incarcerated loved ones in Florida to become advocates for sentencing and prison reform.

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Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reform

Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reform

Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reform

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A sprawling network of people with husbands, sons, daughters and wives in Florida prisons have linked up in the last two years through a nonprofit inmate advocacy group, Florida Cares. Very few of them chose to get involved with prison reform. Instead, they were thrust into that role instead when their loved ones were sentenced to one of the largest and most violent prison systems in the country.

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Florida First Step Act promises moderate reforms to prison system

Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reform

Florida First Step Act promises moderate reforms to prison system

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A St. Petersburg senator filed a bill Thursday that would take a small step toward reforming Florida's prison system, following the model of federal legislation signed by President Donald Trump last year. 


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Critics say lawmakers are thwarting voters again

Families of Florida inmates join with lobbyists in calling for prison reform

Florida First Step Act promises moderate reforms to prison system

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Families of inmates and advocacy groups were elated last fall when voters approved a Florida Constitutional Amendment that could soon allow some prisoners to be released early.

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Florida legislature must stop letting prosecutors charge children as adults

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform supports legislation allowing for good behavior

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform supports legislation allowing for good behavior

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I sit at my desk wondering why they don’t get it. Why do our legislators continue to do nothing to help hurting children and hurting families? 

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Florida campaign for criminal justice reform supports legislation allowing for good behavior

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform supports legislation allowing for good behavior

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform supports legislation allowing for good behavior

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Florida Senator Randolph Bracy has introduced legislation that would incentivize good behavior and rehabilitation in Florida’s prisons by adjusting the “gain time” for first time nonviolent offenders, allowing some people to earn more than 15 percent off of their prison sentence. 

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Retroactive gain-time would reform Florida's harsh prison sentencing laws

Florida campaign for criminal justice reform supports legislation allowing for good behavior

Florida bill would eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles in prison system

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Two "gain-time" bills making their way through the Florida Legislature would reform the state's harsh minimum sentencing laws — a move experts say would promote good behavior and public safety while saving the state hundreds of millions of dollars. 

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Florida bill would eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles in prison system

Florida bill would eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles in prison system

Florida bill would eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles in prison system

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Florida is an “outlier” in prison systems across the nation when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, according to a 90-page federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that alleges the state Department of Corrections is violating the constitutional rights of inmates.

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Florida Cares lobby day was a success

Florida bill would eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles in prison system

Florida slashed drug programs will result in hundreds of layoffs

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FAC wants to recognize the efforts of Florida Cares Charity, and their organizer Denise Rock.  After months of preparation, buses carrying FL Cares supporters rolled into Tallahassee last week for Justice Reform Lobby Day.


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Florida slashed drug programs will result in hundreds of layoffs

Florida bill would eliminate solitary confinement for juveniles in prison system

Florida slashed drug programs will result in hundreds of layoffs

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"There's so much contraband brought in by the prison staff, it's a full-time job to stay clean,'' she said. After her husband had been attending drug treatment meetings with a facilitator in the last year, he was sober for six months. Then the facilitator had a medical emergency and rather than replace him, the warden stopped the program.


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For Justice and Decarceration, Enact Second-Look Sentencing

Republican led senate advances sweeping criminal justice reform package

For Justice and Decarceration, Enact Second-Look Sentencing

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Regardless of what one thinks of presidential pardons, we should reflect upon a simple truth – convictions and sentences meted out at one point might not be appropriate decades later. That is especially true for many people currently serving life or massive prison sentences.

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New Florida prison policy to stop contraband

Republican led senate advances sweeping criminal justice reform package

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There’s no denying it — there is a major contraband problem inside Florida prisons.  Weapons, drugs, cellphones.

The Department of Corrections says sometimes it’s friends and gang members sneaking the contraband in.

Other times, it’s the corrections officers.


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Republican led senate advances sweeping criminal justice reform package

Republican led senate advances sweeping criminal justice reform package

Republican led senate advances sweeping criminal justice reform package

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The Republican-led Florida Senate advanced sweeping reforms to Florida's criminal justice system Tuesday, as former inmates and their families pled for the state to back off on the hardline punishments of the past and move towards more common-sense sentencing that could ease crowded jails and offer offenders more hope for rehabilitation. 


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Federal suit filed to end solitary confinement in Florida

"Institutional racism" fewer black inmates graduate from prison education programs

Republican led senate advances sweeping criminal justice reform package

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One out of seven prisoners in solitary confinement throughout the nation are housed in Florida prisons, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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"Institutional racism" fewer black inmates graduate from prison education programs

"Institutional racism" fewer black inmates graduate from prison education programs

"Institutional racism" fewer black inmates graduate from prison education programs

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Racial bias poisons every step of Florida's criminal justice system. 


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Florida inmates evacuate to already overcrowded prison facilities

"Institutional racism" fewer black inmates graduate from prison education programs

"Institutional racism" fewer black inmates graduate from prison education programs

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As of this afternoon, the Florida Department of Corrections has evacuated or relocated 2,195 inmates in preparation for Hurricane Dorian.

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Dozens gather in Ocala to press for prison charges

Florida prison officers could soon be armed with 'Dart'Fired' tasers, advocates, families concerened

Wasted Minds: Prisoners languish in Florida prisons with little access to education

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Three state representatives listened to horrifying stories of abuse, neglect and pain witnessed by former inmates and their family members at the hands of corrections officers at Lowell Correctional Institution at a forum held at an Ocala church on Saturday.


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Wasted Minds: Prisoners languish in Florida prisons with little access to education

Florida prison officers could soon be armed with 'Dart'Fired' tasers, advocates, families concerened

Wasted Minds: Prisoners languish in Florida prisons with little access to education

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Dade Correctional Institution employs one teacher for a population of 1,500 men – and just 16 prisoners have earned GED diplomas there over the past four years. 

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Florida prison officers could soon be armed with 'Dart'Fired' tasers, advocates, families concerened

Florida prison officers could soon be armed with 'Dart'Fired' tasers, advocates, families concerened

Florida prison officers could soon be armed with 'Dart'Fired' tasers, advocates, families concerened

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Some state prison officers soon could be allowed to use stun guns when dealing with disturbances among inmates, which has drawn concern from prison reform advocates as well as families with incarcerated loved ones.

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Pawsitive direction program

Prisoner's mom, Florida lawmaker target law that lets accomplices be charged with murder

Florida prison officers could soon be armed with 'Dart'Fired' tasers, advocates, families concerened

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The Pawsitive Direction program pairs prisoners with rescue dogs for them to train. Denise Rock and a rescue organization known as the Loxahatchee Animal Rescue Community (LARC) developed the program to serve both at-risk prisoners and at-risk dogs.

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Saying solitary confinement is cruel, groups file suit against state

Prisoner's mom, Florida lawmaker target law that lets accomplices be charged with murder

Prisoner's mom, Florida lawmaker target law that lets accomplices be charged with murder

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Laurette Philipsen speaks to reporters at a Tallahassee press event where a lawsuit against the state Dept. of Corrections for placing people on solitary confinement was announced.

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Prisoner's mom, Florida lawmaker target law that lets accomplices be charged with murder

Prisoner's mom, Florida lawmaker target law that lets accomplices be charged with murder

Prisoner's mom, Florida lawmaker target law that lets accomplices be charged with murder

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Amid nationwide calls for criminal justice reform, Antonini said she’s hopeful her cause can find traction. Last week, she held a Facebook Live event with State Sen. Randolph Bracy, who filed a bill in this year’s legislative session that would limit the felony murder rule to accomplices who helped commit or plan the slaying.


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Florida prisoners advocacy group seeks relief for heat-stricken inmates

'We wouldn't treat our animals this way': Lack of AC in record heat puts Florida prisons to the test

Florida prisoners advocacy group seeks relief for heat-stricken inmates

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For decades, it's been the same story every summer in Florida prisons. Despite being one of the hottest states in the country, the vast majority of dorms in public correctional facilities have no air conditioning and offer little relief from the heat. 

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Prison inmates endure summer heat without air conditioning

'We wouldn't treat our animals this way': Lack of AC in record heat puts Florida prisons to the test

Florida prisoners advocacy group seeks relief for heat-stricken inmates

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Laurette Philipsen says conditions were rough throughout her eight and a half years at Lowell Correctional Institute in Marion County, but summers were by far the most dreaded time of year. 

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'We wouldn't treat our animals this way': Lack of AC in record heat puts Florida prisons to the test

'We wouldn't treat our animals this way': Lack of AC in record heat puts Florida prisons to the test

'We wouldn't treat our animals this way': Lack of AC in record heat puts Florida prisons to the test

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The Florida Department of Corrections operates 50 “major facilities” across the state. Only 18 of them have air conditioning in “most of their housing,” according to the department.

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Location changed: Experience the soaring temperatures of Florida's prisons firsthand

Location changed: Experience the soaring temperatures of Florida's prisons firsthand

'We wouldn't treat our animals this way': Lack of AC in record heat puts Florida prisons to the test

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FAMM, Florida Cares to launch an interactive exhibit featuring mock prison cell as part of Beat the Heat event


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Exhibit will make you feel like you're locked up inside a Florida prison cell

Location changed: Experience the soaring temperatures of Florida's prisons firsthand

Jail-Cell simulator highlights extreme heat in Florida's un-air-conditioned prisons

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As part of an interactive exhibit called “Beat The Heat,” people can spend three minutes inside a mock prison cell to experience what more than 60,000 Florida inmates go through during the summer.

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Jail-Cell simulator highlights extreme heat in Florida's un-air-conditioned prisons

Location changed: Experience the soaring temperatures of Florida's prisons firsthand

Jail-Cell simulator highlights extreme heat in Florida's un-air-conditioned prisons

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A majority of state correctional institutions still lack air-conditioning in housing areas.

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We showed up and showed out in unanimous opposition

Prison inmate visitation cuts worry Pensacola families, advocates

Prison inmate visitation cuts worry Pensacola families, advocates

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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 back because we ran out of seats!


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Prison inmate visitation cuts worry Pensacola families, advocates

Prison inmate visitation cuts worry Pensacola families, advocates

Prison inmate visitation cuts worry Pensacola families, advocates

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Rita Mattson's son, Chad, has four years left to serve in a prison sentence for a 2010 DUI manslaughter conviction.


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Florida groups oppose cuts to inmate visitation

Prison inmate visitation cuts worry Pensacola families, advocates

Latest proposed changes to Florida's prison visitation rules receiving pushback

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There is wide-spread unrest regarding proposed changes to inmate visitation at Florida prisons and Thursday, several groups voiced their concerns by protest.

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Latest proposed changes to Florida's prison visitation rules receiving pushback

Latest proposed changes to Florida's prison visitation rules receiving pushback

Latest proposed changes to Florida's prison visitation rules receiving pushback

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The Florida Department of Corrections is looking into changing the rules for prison visitations. But, prison officials are getting pushback from different families and friends of inmates currently behind bars.

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