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By Brandon Buskey, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project

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Pushed into Homelessness by Their Own Government

On the outskirts of Florida's Miami-Dade County, dozens of individuals formerly convicted of sexual offenses live as exiles on an abandoned strip of land near a railroad track. The area has no shelter from the elements, no running water, and no bathrooms. The most fortunate inhabitants of this makeshift encampment sleep in cars or in tents. Others make due with a tarp or anything else that passes as cover. Each night brings new threats of violence, malnutrition, and disease.
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Three Years in a Cage. No Charges and No Lawyer.

Octavious Burks has been waiting for 10 months.