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I have emailed this to several blog,newspaper,s and grassroots organizations. Please join me in speaking up! Florida constitutional amendment 4 specifically excludes those ex-felons who had committed a sex offense from being re-enfranchised. Why keep the vote from these people? They did their time, just like any other ex-felon. (And some have been offense-free, and have finished their sentences, for

Since many of us work in groups that assist registered persons, it is important to pass along information about the COVID-19 stimulus checks. The only requirements for getting a check is a valid social security number, being at least age 18, not being claimed as a dependent, and making less than $75k/yr to get a $1200 check. There are NO restrictions due

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