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Recently the city of Tampa, in partnership with Catholic Charities, has built a camp for homeless people. The concern is that the homeless people may not have access to a facility where they can wash their hands frequently and have access to hand sanitizer. The camp will hold 100 homeless people, providing mobile showers, mobile laundromat, and portable toilets. They

A resident at the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia – a “treatment facility” where persons who have already been convicted, sentenced and served their full punishment are sent for involuntary and indefinite confinement has died from Coronavirus, according to individuals who reported the matter to FAC and this story in the Tampa Bay Times. A second person is sick

NOTE: Please post comments on the original article A Broward County inmate who died this week after testing positive for the new corona virus had an emergency motion filed for his release prior to his death, Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein confirmed Thursday to Local 10 News. The inmate was identified as 64-year-old Alan Jerome Pollock, who was arrested

Sex offenders who have completed their sentences but are still being held in Illinois prisons should be released as part of the effort to reduce the state’s prison population during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. The request for a temporary restraining order was filed on behalf of Marcus Barnes, a sex offender held at

A Broward jail inmate who was being treated for coronavirus has died, underscoring concern over how the pandemic will pose problems for detention facilities across South Florida. Broward County’s jails, which house more than 3,000 inmates, have had at least five inmates who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Sheriff’s Office. One of the inmates, Alan Pollock, a 64-year-old

The following was received from the FDLE From: Sexual Predator Unit <[email protected]> Date: April 8, 2020 at 1:52:05 PM EDT To: gail colletta Subject: RE:  Letter To FDLE re coronavirus 03122020.pdf Good afternoon, During the current State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 virus, below is information provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (HSMV) regarding