Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform Supports Legislation Allowing for Good Behavior, Education to Reduce Prison Time for Nonviolent Offenders
Legislation could impact 18 percent of the state’s prison population.
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Advocacy groups sue city of Ocala for enforcement of local ordinances that criminalize sleeping or resting outdoors only for people experiencing homelessness
The Southern Legal Counsel, ACLU of Florida, and pro bono attorney Andy Pozzuto filed filed a federal class action lawsuit against the city of Ocala on behalf of more than 200 other similarly situated homeless persons who have been arrested for sleeping or resting in public areas.
ACLU Petitions Court to Vacate Wrongful Convictions of Jamaican Fishermen
Petition filing complements ongoing litigation against the United States Coast Guard for kidnapping and abusive treatment of four Jamaican men
Federal Court Rules Florida County Public Meeting Policy Discriminates Based on Religion
MIAMI – The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled today that the Brevard County, Fla., Commissioners’ policy of using religious beliefs to determine who can offer invocations at public meetings is unconstitutional and discriminatory.
ACLU of Florida Provides the Latest School-to-Prison Pipeline Statistics to Public School Districts
Letters with county-specific report cards reveal Florida’s current harsh zero-tolerance discipline policies have disparate impacts on students of color, students with disabilities and LGBTQ youth, which will only worsen with the implementation of Senate Bill 7030.
Fourteen Local Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Formal Policies for Citizens' Making Audiovisual Recordings of Officers
TAMPA, FL (June 7, 2019) — More than half the law-enforcement agencies in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Hernando and Sumter counties do not have formal policies in place to safeguard the rights of citizens who unobtrusively record officer behavior, according to a months-long researc