Author: FAC Contributor #1

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Michael Crews is resigning at the end of the month. Crews notified Gov. Rick Scott on Monday of his plans to step down. He said he has taken another position in the criminal justice field. The department has been under scrutiny for prison deaths, abuse and allegations of cover ups. Scott

This Washington Post article from today, highlights just how little it takes to operate or work in a mental health facility. It also references the Miami Herald’s 2011 investigation into the rampant abuses taking place in these group homes. SOURCE “You’re skinny, Pete,” Rashid told me. “But that’s okay. I’m handicapped, too. I’m paranoid schizophrenic.” We were at the end of

TAMPA — A defense contractor from Riverview is spending 30 years in prison for forcing a 16-year-old girl to have sex with him and using his computer to record their encounter. A worship minister from Winter Garden was arrested and charged with receiving and possessing child pornography. A former American Airlines pilot from St. Petersburg was sentenced to 21 years

SEX OFFENDER REDEMPTION A colony of child molesters and sexual predators moved to a small town that didn’t want them. This is the story of what happened when they started showing up at church. Story by Ben Wolford Photography by Melissa Lyttle PAHOKEE, Florida The pianist at First United Methodist Church was as nervous as he’d ever been before a performance. Music comes

Over a year since we reported it and a month since the ACLU lawsuit was filed, there are almost one hundred fifty registered citizens still living homeless by the railroad tracks in Miami. This holiday season its important to remember the victims of sexual abuse and the victims of registration abuse and lets put an end to this cycle.  

That’s correct, the Florida Civil Commitment Center located in Arcadia, Florida is run by Geo Group, Inc./Correct Care Solutions, a for-profit private corporation. This article in Business Insider pointed out the conflict of interest of having a civil commitment center being run by a private, for profit company. Unlike prisons, from which over 90% of those incarcerated are eventually released,