Recording of a Live Radio Show, From the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge

This is a recording of a live radio show, in it you will here some of the men and the one woman who Florida/Miami have forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge. The people live in squalid conditions that if we forced our animals to live in the SPCA would be called to investigate us for animal cruelty. This interview gives a voice to the Former Offenders. These are human beings! They deserve human treatment. Just think, you may wonder why should I care about them? They did something wrong and let them rot. Well how many of us have done things that we are not proud of? As Jesus said when the religious leaders wanted the prostitute stoned under Jewish Law... "He who is without sin cast the first stone" Let's stop casting stones and figure out how to solve the problem of child sexual abuse. Over 90% of child sexual abuse is done by someone not one the Registry and it is their first time offense. Laws that banish Former Offenders will not stop abuse from happening. 97% of abusers are people known to the family and the child, 80% are family members. No one wants to admit that the true danger is right in their own homes. It is much easier to look at Former Offenders and blame them. The myth that is being touted by those who sponsor these laws is that Former Offenders have high recidivism rates but the truth comes from the Department of Justices own studies, Former Offenders have a rate of 3.5% in a three year time from when they are released and that the rate falls off dramatically after that. That is not ignoring that there are some truly sick people who do re-offend. There can be laws that address such instances. laws that fit the crime and that don't lump every offender into the worst of the worst and allow those who want to live a law abiding life to rebuild their lives.
Please listen to the whole show, one of the last to speak is a 51 year old man who is a quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair. His story will make you cry. After you listen you can contact me and I will give you information on how to help these people. Thanks!