RESOURCES

Coalition Resources

Press Release: Legislature's criminal justice reform is a baby step at best

Press Release: Senate Bill 642 Now Offers a Real First Step Toward Reform

Press Release on Florida Length of Stay

Smart Prison Time Served Requirement Reforms in Florida

Civil Rights Groups and Advocates Rally at the Florida Capitol for Criminal Justice Reform

Eliminate Racial Disparities in Florida's Criminal Justice System

Remove Employment Barriers for People with Past Convictions

Stop Suspending Driver's Licenses for Non-Driving Offenses

Florida's Modest First Step Act Must Be Amended to Consider Racial Impact

Data-Driven Solutions to Improve Florida's Criminal Justice System

Crime and Justice Institute

Criminal Justice Policy Analysis

Crime and Justice Institute

Community-Based Treatment More Effective, Less Expensive than Incarceration for Youth Offenders

Florida Policy Institute

A Path Forward Challenges and Opportunities for Florida Sentencing and Corrections Policy

Urban Institute

State and Local Expenditures on Corrections and Education

U.S. Department of Education

How Tough on Crime Became Tough on Kids: Prosecuting Teenage Drug Charges in Adult Courts

The Sentencing Project

Policy Brief: State Advances in Criminal Justice Reform, 2016

The Sentencing Project

Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences

The Sentencing Project

The Effects of Changing Felony Theft Thresholds

The Pew Charitable Trusts

No Place for A Child: Direct File of Juveniles Comes at a High Cost; Time to Fix Statutes

The James Madison Institute

The Journal Criminal Justice Reform Edition Spring 2017

The James Madison Institute

Daniels and McCoy: Keep kids out of adult justice system

Tallahassee Democrat

Florida Criminal Justice Reform Study

Right on Crime

The High Cost of Incarceration in Florida: Recommendations for Reform

Reason Foundation

Florida’s Aging Inmate Population

Project on Accountable Justice

Advancing Public Safety and Improving Youth Outcomes in Hillsborough County

Project on Accountable Justice

Florida Criminal Justice Reform

Project on Accountable Justice

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2017

Prison Policy Initiative

Max Out: The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision

Pew Charitable Trusts

Pensacola ex-offender takes fight for change to capital

Pensacola News Journal

Point of View For kids’ sake, reform juvenile justice system

Palm Beach Post

Mandatory Minimum for OpioId Painkillers Report

OPPAGA

House committee backs off juvenile civil citations requirement, Senate forges ahead

Jacksonville News

Editorial: Keep children out of adult prisons

Gainesville Sun

Lower Costs & Less Crime Criminal and Juvenile Justice Reform Options for Florida

Florida TaxWatch

Criminal Justice Trends

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research

Florida Government Efficiency Task Force Final Report

Florida Government Efficiency Task Force

Stepping Up: Florida's Top Juvenile Civil Citation Efforts

Dewey and Associates

An Examination of Florida’s Prison Population Trends

Crime and Justice Institute

Requiring Juvenile Civil Citations in Florida

Caruthers Institute

How many Americans are unnecessarily incarcerated?

Brennan Center for Justice

Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry

Brennan Center for Justice

Smart Jail for Escambia Factsheet and Recommended Solutions

ACLU

At America's Expense: The mass incarceration of the elderly

ACLU

A Living Death: Life without parole for non-violent offenders

ACLU

The Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform (CCJR) is a diverse, nonpartisan coalition of organizations working to combat the over-criminalization and over-incarceration of Floridians by changing laws and public opinion.

Members of this campaign include: Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Florida League of Women Voters, Associated Industries of Florida, R Street Institute, Florida Cares Charity, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Policy Institute, Florida Public Defender Association, Florida Legal Services, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Florida Justice Institute, New Florida Majority Florida, Council of Churches, Farmworker Self-Help. Inc., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Southern Legal Counsel, SEIU Florida, Alliance for Safety and Justice.