The Florida Human Trafficking expunction law (Fl. Statute 943.0583) provides an avenue for survivors to expunge criminal records and vacate convictions for certain offenses committed under the coercion of the trafficker, opening survivors' doors for, among other things, employment, housing, student loans, and volunteer and educational opportunities.

Trafficking survivors need representation all over Florida. In addition, out-of-state survivors need representation on Florida matters.

Victims and survivors of human sex and labor trafficking are strong, courageous, and resilient. They have voices of experience and wisdom, and they deserve to be heard. They also deserve access to justice to facilitate lives of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual freedom, and the Justice Restoration Center will continue working to that end. The number of clients and the associated work, along with the continuing emergence of legal issues are rapidly expanding. As more survivors learn of the legal issues they face and new avenues of available relief, they find that JRC may be the only law firm in the state of Florida with a full-time commitment to serving the needs of human trafficking victims and survivors.

JRC, along with partner organization, Advocates Against Human Trafficking, Inc. (AAHT), coordinates safe-releases, residential services, and restorative program services for Florida inmates who were trafficked before incarceration and have little hope upon release. Accompanied by law enforcement, JRC and AAHT’s executive directors travel to the prison on the day of release to ensure the inmate’s safe release and secure transportation to a safe house or other safe situation. These services are often a trafficked inmate’s only lifeline and opportunity to avoid further exploitation or homelessness and are an amazing opportunity to encourage them with hope for a different future

JRC advocates on behalf of all human trafficking victims and survivors on trafficking-related laws and polices before the Florida legislature and U.S. Congress, having directly initiated, among other things, Florida’s human trafficking expungement law, removing the statute of limitations for human trafficking crimes, ending arrests and prosecutions of children for prostitution, and exempting human trafficking safe house location information from public records disclosure.