The amendment, which was sponsored by Florida Senator Randolph Bracy, allows incarcerated people to utilize earned gain time through good behavior and participation in educational and rehabilitative programs to reduce their time in prison to 65 percent of their original sentence.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 468 which would allow judges to depart from mandatory minimum prison sentences and fines for drug trafficking offenses if certain conditions are met.

Today, the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee heard a presentation by FSU’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice regarding current racial disparities in our criminal legal system.

Legislation could impact 18 percent of the state’s prison population.

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.

Petition filing complements ongoing litigation against the United States Coast Guard for kidnapping and abusive treatment of four Jamaican men

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.