NFL Players Coalition earns big win on election night in Florida with Amendment 4
Voting Rights for felons restored for 1.4 million Veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin and other players celebrated a ballot initiative win in Florida on Tuesday November 7, 2018 By Eric Adelson - Yahoo Sports - ORLANDO, Fla. — The social justice movement that began with NFL...
Florida voters approve amendment to restore right to vote for felons who have served their time
Amendment 4 required 60 percent approval to pass. November 7, 2018 Florida voters during Tuesday’s midterm elections approved Amendment 4, automatically restoring voting rights in the state for people previously convicted of felonies. Florida’s Amendment 4 restores voting...
Postcards from hell: Inmate’s manuscript describes horrors of Florida prison system | Miami Herald
BY SANYA MANSOOR November 01, 2018 Four years ago, Harold Hempstead stunned the Florida prison system — and unleashed a major scandal — when he described to the Miami Herald how officers at Dade Correctional Institution had locked an inmate in a small, rigged shower room,...
Costly Calls: Shelby County makes $1 million from jail phones amid national reforms
November 2, 2018 By Sarah Macaraeg Every day in Memphis, more than 5,000 people, on average, spend their hours locked up inside one of four Shelby County facilities, according to figures provided by county officials. More than half are pretrial detainees, held behind bars...
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