Over the past 18 years, a little more than 200 prisoners have been released from Floridas massive prison system for medical reasons.  Its a paltry number given the 100,000-plus inmate system and given that Florida's prisoners are an aging group. Read more.

There are self-help books for just about everything nowadays, so a Tallahassee lawyer with extensive experience in criminal appeals has written one for some people who really need help convicted felons. Read more.

Seven months have passed since Florida State law professor Dan Markel was gunned down at his home in Tallahassee. Police there have yet to name a suspect or said why the legal scholar and father of two young children was targeted for murder. Reggie Garcia, a local attorney from Mr. Markel's neighborhood, told the paper […]

In legislative lobbying or legal representation, your outcome pretty much depends on your income, how good an advocate you can find. Since not many felons, or their families, can afford great lawyers (if they could, they wouldnt need one), How to Leave Prison Early is a brief do-it-yourself guide to the system.  It was published […]

Florida has nearly 101,000 inmates in 49 major state prisons and numerous correctional facilities called annexes and work camps.  A clemency commutation of sentence and parole are alternate paths to the same goal, which is to release the inmate early. Both involve compassion, redemption, and forgiveness, and are the ultimate grant of a second chance. […]

With state prison and criminal justice reforms in the news, state inmates, their families and supporters, lawyers, and other advocates should be aware of early-release options and strategies. Florida has nearly 101,000 inmates in 56 major state prisons and numerous annexes and work camps.

Formally known as "community work release," it refers to the portion of the community release program that allows inmates to work at paid employment in the community while continuing as inmates of the facility where they are confined. It is commonly referred to as "work release," and it is the key transition and re-entry component […]

A deaf man serving a life sentence for murder was framed by his brother, supporters of the inmate insist, but in a surprise twist, a third brother showed up to a parole hearing Wednesday and said both his siblings are guilty.  "He is totally innocent," lawyer Reggie Garcia, who isn't related to the brothers, said. […]

The case of Felix Garcia - a deaf man serving a life sentence for a murder he says his brother framed him for - took an unexpected turn this week when a third brother arrived in court to say both his siblings are guilty. Although Felix Garcia was given a hearing aid, and a courtroom speaker […]