Today, through a preliminary injunction, a court blocked Jacksonville City Council and School Board maps that pack together Black communities and deny them a fair voice in government.
The lawsuit targets the Baker County Sheriff’s Office, which operates an infamous detention center with a long history of human rights violations
The complaint cites new and extensive evidence of medical neglect and first-hand accounts of abuse from people detained at the Baker County Detention Center
Law Clinics from the University of Miami, University of Florida, and Florida State University, along with the ACLU of Florida, created the Baker Legal Assistance Program.
A group of students and educators filed a lawsuit today challenging Florida’s HB 7 — a law that bans Florida educators and students from learning and talking about issues related to race and gender in higher education in classrooms.
The implementation of Florida Statute § 903.286(1) violates the Eighth Amendment and financially guts local reform groups like the Tallahassee Bail Fund