Now more than ever, conditional medical release is good for public health and safety, taxpayers and inmates. COVID – 19 has spread to county jails, state and federal prisons, and other detention facilities. Media reports indicate humanitarian, compassionate, elderly, and/or medical releases have been approved, under various emergency declarations and guidelines, by various government entities. […]

Reginald R. Garcia, P.A. is open for business, serving families of state prison inmates.  We have temporarily changed the way we operate and are strictly following recommendations of the CDC and the State of Florida. We are using telephone and e-mail conferencing to communicate and serve you and your incarcerated loved ones. Please contact me […]

Reggie Garcia was interviewed for Quartz on releasing at-risk inmates that could be affected by COVID-19: Reggie Garcia, a Florida-based clemency and parole attorney and author of How to Get Out of Prison Early, highlights the urgency of state departments of correction focusing their efforts on releasing the most at risk. “Covid-19 can be terminal for certain […]

Reggie Garcia appeared on COURT TV to discuss the IA vs Harris, a very emotional case involved the death of an infant.

Reggie Garcia, a lawyer and lobbyist who's represented clients seeking clemency for more than 25 years, said clemency is an opportunity for the government to show mercy — but it's too slow. “The last full pardon I argued took 12 years to get a hearing,” Garcia said. “Regardless of the merits of a specific case, […]

Reggie Garcia speaks to a crowd of 700 at the Great Futures Breakfast in Tampa.

Florida clemency and parole lawyer Reggie Garcia, who has written two books on criminal justice issues, said, “There is an emerging bipartisan consensus that we are at a crisis point at our 56 major state prisons.  We have too few correctional officers plus gangs with lots of power, so a major incident could happen literally any […]

Dan Markel’s friends and neighbors say Sigfredo Garcia’s conviction and life sentence are a relief. "I just felt it had been a long time coming," neighbor Dot Inman Johnson said. 'It took so long." "I think justice has been served," neighbor Reggie Garcia said. Neighbor Reggie Garcia says he still thinks about Markel and his […]

Reggie Garcia, a Tallahassee lawyer who specializes in clemency and parole, and has consulted with Andrews’ law firm on the Weimar case, said often families want their loved ones released if they are sick. However, he said, if the department is trying to release Weimar just to save money — potentially millions of dollars — […]