Napoleoni, 63, fears one of the few things she has left - her freedom - is at stake. "I'd rather go to jail," she said as she sat on a curb under the shade of a towering Interstate 95 overpass. Her possessions, including her daughter’s ashes, are now relegated to three backpacks. Her determination to avoid shelters highlights the frightening reality of the new law enacted in Florida that criminalizes public camping and sleeping.
"Not in 30 years have we experienced this intensity of addressing the [homelessness] issue," Ron Book, chairman of the Homeless Trust, remarked during the Trust's board meeting. As cities across Florida scramble to manage the new law, areas like Miami are facing a severe shortage of shelter space, and local governments now have the overwhelming pressure to enforce strict measures against homelessness.
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