SENATOR WANTS ALEXANDER PARDONED Posted: August 5, 2013 – 6:06pm Courtesy of Florida Times Union State Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, wrote to members of the Florida Cabinet on Monday, asking them to support his call for a pardon for Marissa Alexander.
We hail our Inmate Voice Focus Group member, JEWIE TRYON, author of this petition, that stands in protest of Florida prisons creating demeaning policies that inhibit family visitation instead of enhancing it. Visitors are being treated in humiliating fashion at many of Florida’s prisons (there are exceptions like FSP & Baker) as more self-made rules […]
GREAT NEWS for Florida inmates who are parole eligible and meet the criteria for Contract Parole! Those offenders are eligible to apply for release under the Mutual Participation Program Act (MPPA) more commonly known as ‘Contract Parole’. This Statute has been on the books since 1976 and has lain dormant since the late 1980’s. But […]
“You have no further business with the court.” is what Judge Debra Nelson told George Zimmerman on this recent Saturday night of July 13, 2013. George Zimmerman was found not guilty of fatally shooting Trayvon Benjamin Martin in one of the most televised and incensing murder cases dealing with race-and-justice since the trial of O.J. […]
INMATE VOICE FOCUS GROUP REPORTS JUNE 2013
JPAY WILL SOON BE THE ONLY WAY TO PAY! Effective July 1st, 2013, JPAY will become the sole provider of money transfer services, it will be the only way to send money to inmates within the Florida Department of Corrections. THESE ARE THE PAYMENT OPTIONS […]
Article courtesy of: PROJECT R.E.A.C.H. INC. Richard P. Burton, Sr., Director As some Civil Rights and Political Leaders are advocating a new civil rights agenda and saluting certain Supreme Court victories, and speaking against some setbacks, the United States has once again surpassed its own world record for incarcerating the highest percentage of its population, with African Americans and Hispanics […]
(UPDATE: This depressing bill was signed into law on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Thanks to all who made calls and sent emails in opposition)! ___________________________________________________________ YOU and YOU and YOU! Make the call, send an email to Governor Rick Scott. Here’s the breakdown of the bill that passed the House and Senate with wings. This […]
Did you know that inmates are able to let somebody know right away when they go to confinement? FDOC allows the inmate one ‘proverbial’ phone call to a person on their phone list from the confinement area. And this all-important call will spare family members, friends and others a blank trip. If a visitor arrives […]
Forgotten Majority is pleased to share the comments received from the Florida Department of Corrections as they respond to the concerns of the Inmate Voice Focus Groups. The Department has demonstrated a commitment to making sure that their policies and guidelines are being followed by staff and that corrective action is being taken […]