Author: FAC Contributor #3

Barney T Bishop III has no business representing that he is involved in “criminal justice reform” or “smart justice”. Those terms have been coined to mean a reforming of the criminal justice system so that it operates fairly and equitably and employing evidence-based, data-driven justice policies and practices to promote public safety through rehabilitation rather than retribution. Barney Bishop is

After writing an opinion piece in the Tallahassee Democrat about City Walk Urban Mission, several of our members contact the writer, Barney Bishop, to object to a statement he made in his article. The article was about the City Walk homeless shelter and whether it had obtained the proper permitting. Instead of focusing on the issue, Barney Bishop, in an

In an article on South Florida’s CBS4 News on vaccinating the homeless, Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Chair Ron Book made an interesting statement. “The average homeless person lives 13 to 17 fewer years than either you or I will live,” he said. 17 years is a lot of years. That’s more than 20% of the average lifespan in the US. It

Nearly 20% of the people in the United States serving a Life sentence without the possibility of parole are in Florida. Considering Florida has only 6.47% of the US population, that number is HUGELY disproportionate. 11% of those incarcerated in a Florida Prison are there for Life without Parole. These statistics comes from a report titled, “No End In Sight”

And a GOOD piece: I was disappointed to see the comments from my neighbors and city officials reacting to the new City Walk shelter on Mahan Drive. As a resident of the nearby Old Town Neighborhood, I want to welcome Renee Miller and the City Walk shelter to the neighborhood. Renee saw a need to help Tallahassee’s unhoused community during

The following news report on “Female Sex Offenders” makes some valid points, specifically that it’s not all about stranger danger and that perpetrators are not the stereotypical “sex offender boogeyman”