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Many women across Florida will not celebrate Mothers Day at a church, a park or a fancy restaurant with their children today.  Instead, theyll drive through several counties, enter a fenced-off property, have their purses searched and raise their hands for a pat-down at one of the states 57 correctional facilities. Their sons and daughters are among the more than 87,000 inmates imprisoned within the walls of the Florida Department of Corrections.  "As a mother, you go there for love, but its ...

STUART — Lisa Dames started her nonprofit with a vision, some office space and the inspiration of her late son. But she launched Reverse The Door in Stuart in late 2019 without any office equipment.  Her nonprofits mission is to help people with nonviolent felony records obtain work and education, as well as assist the families of the incarcerated person.  "I was lacking everything," said Dames, who previously was the president of The Banner Lake Club, which provides youth programs in Hobe...