Florida’s Amendment 4 Pushes Back On Tradition Of Social Death For People With Convictions
The exclusion of people with prior convictions from civic life upholds a tradition that is deeply racist, classist, misogynist, and xenophobic, and must be abolished
Marco Rubio Connected To Federal Investigation For Tax Evasion
Senator Marco Rubio’s association with former Congressman David Rivera continues to be a problem for the senator.
Federal Inmate Claims AIDS Treatments Withheld At Public And Private Jails
On Monday, the Tampa Bay Times reported that a 42-year-old federal inmate claims he has been denied treatment for AIDS at two different jails in Florida — one of which has been privatized — for the past several months. Kelby McCrillis said he received treatments for AIDS over the past thirteen years, but has had his medications discontinued since his incarceration at the Citrus County Detention Center and the Pinellas County Jail.
Corizon Health Services Makes Bad Prison Healthcare Even Worse For Florida Inmate
Prison mistreatment may have given Oberist Saunders a staph infection after surgery, but under the privatized healthcare of Corizon Health Services, things got even worse, according to a lawsuit. Florida prisons have been home to some of the most horrific stories of inmate abuse and medical neglect and this lawsuit shows the harm caused by putting profit over patient health.