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These considerations are crucial for a comprehensive approach to prison reform that addresses both community well-being and inmate rehabilitation. The KPMG report offers a roadmap through its ...
Florida’s new law making reforms to the state’s criminal justice system is set to go into effect on Friday. Senate Bill 752, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) earlier this month, will ...
The bill passed the House of Representatives by a 360–59 vote the same day, with remarks from many congressional members, including Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10), who acknowledged that though the bill did not include sentencing reform as some would have liked, it was an "important first step" that was able to unify groups as divergent as #cut50 ...
Florida's mandatory minimum sentences created a large, elderly prison population. Now the bill is coming due. Florida's Bloated Prison System Will Cost Billions To Maintain
The First Step Act was approved on December 18, 2018, in a 87 to 12 vote through the Senate. Right On Crime signatory Ken Cuccinelli states that "these common-sense reforms will improve public safety by reducing recidivism and provide a second chance to those who have served their time and who want to live law-abiding, productive lives."
Florida passed HB 1371, the Prisoner Release Reoffender Act, in May 1997. [2] This so-called "two-strikes" law dictates that individuals convicted of certain categories of crime who reoffend within three years is subject to life in prison without parole, even if this is only a second offense, gaining the distinction of, "one of the strictest sentencing laws in the US."
Advocates shared traumatic stories about their incarcerated loved ones, begging the Legislature to support prison system overhauls. Advocates demand change in Florida prisons as reform legislation ...
The bills were held over by the Senate Judiciary Committee through the end of 2013 and January 2014. The bills were worked on to merge the language of the Smarter Sentencing Act (H.R. 3382/S. 1410) and the Justice Safety Valve Act (H.R. 1695/S. 619) along with a new bill, S. 1783 the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013, introduced by John Cornyn ...