Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ICE detention centers have been among the most dangerous places in the United States. Infection rates in ICE detention facilities nationwide are 20 times higher than in the general public, with almost 32,000 people in detention testing positive to date.
This is another shameful plan by Gov. DeSantis to push more xenophobic policies in Florida, cruelly directed at children and the organizations that provide them critical care.
The ACLU of Florida filed a class action petition today on behalf of 11 people who have been detained pretrial in the Sarasota and Manatee county jails because they cannot afford to pay their bail amounts.
The settlement will provide access to records regarding individuals’ release dates from Florida’s prisons
Despite the continued surge of COVID-19 cases, the jail has failed to improve health conditions for its staff and the thousands of incarcerated people in its custody as mandated by a 2021 Consent Decree
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Today, in a major victory for civil rights and racial justice advocates, a federal judge granted a request made by civil rights groups to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of a key provision of H.B.1, Florida’s anti-protest law.