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Florida Justice Institute and Other Stakeholders Oppose Proposed “Regulations for Street and Public Large Group Feedings” Ordinance (6/25/2020) - Dear Mayor Suarez, Chair Hardemon, and City Attorney Méndez: We, undersigned ACLU cooperating attorneys, Pottinger Class Representa-tive, the Greater Miami Chapter of the ACLU of Florida, Southern Legal Counsel, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and other stakeholders, express our strong opposition to the proposed municipal ordinance restricting the public service of food… ... Continue Reading
Court Approves Preliminary Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Against FDOC For Confiscation of Millions of Dollars of Digital Music (5/26/2020) - MIAMI/TALLAHASSEE/TAMPA BAY – Today, a federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement resolving a statewide class action lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) involving the confiscation of millions of dollars of lawfully purchased digital music from incarcerated people in Florida. The settlement requires the FDOC to provide 3.9 million credits for class members to… ... Continue Reading
Civil Rights Groups Demand Answers from the City of Miami about the Treatment of People Living under the I-395 Overpass on 11th Street Northwest (5/14/2020) - We – the Greater Miami ACLU, litigants in Pottinger v. City of Miami, Southern Legal Counsel, and other advocates attempting to protect the rights of our local homeless residents – write to express our outrage at the indefensible and inhumane assault conducted this morning on the personal safety, health, and property of homeless persons under… ... Continue Reading
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FJI Board member Benjamine Reid awarded Daily Business Review’s Lifetime Achievement Award (10/13/2020) - Read more here. ... Continue Reading
District Court Rules that Some Incarcerated People Are Eligible for $1200 Payment (10/7/2020) - The federal government passed the CARES Act to give some people $1200. Thanks to a class action lawsuits brought by other organizations, some incarcerated people are eligible to receive these payments. Here’s more information about the case: https://www.lieffcabraser.com/pdf/CARES_notice_v3.pdf. Please note: If you are or were incarcerated at some point since March 27, 2020, you may… ... Continue Reading
FJI condemns state-sanctioned violence against Black communities (6/4/2020) - We condemn the brutal murder of George Floyd and the countless other Black people who have been victims of police violence and racist oppression. As we deeply mourn their needless deaths, we recognize that they are only the most recent examples of a deeper current of racialized police brutality that pervades our law enforcement institutions.… ... Continue Reading
