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  2. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In Florida, his companies have exploited lax state oversight while leaning on powerful allies inside the government to keep the contracts flowing. Slattery, his wife, Diane, and other executives have been prodigious political rainmakers in Florida, donating more than $400,000 to state candidates and committees over the last 15 years, according ...

  3. List of Florida state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The State of Florida operates almost all of its major institutions and most of its lesser facilities. Privately operated prisons in Florida are called "Correctional Facilities" (for example, Lake City Correctional Facility) while state operated facilities are called "Correctional Institutions" (i.e. Union Correctional Institution). Florida ...

  4. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Florida leads the nation in placing state prisons in the hands of private, profit-making companies. In recent years, the state has privatized the entirety of its $183 million juvenile commitment system — the nation’s third-largest, trailing only California and Texas.

  5. Florida prisons are too hot. Just ask the guards. | Editorial

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    We are aware that few Floridians spend time worrying about furnacelike conditions inside the state’s 143 prison facilities, where many of the housing units need replacing and fewer than 1 in 4 ...

  6. Florida's prisons ineffective and outdated - AOL

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    Florida taxpayers pay more to maintain ineffective and outdated prison system

  7. Prison overcrowding in the United States - Wikipedia

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    One solution the state of Alabama used to alleviate its prison overcrowding issues was the use of leased beds in 2008. [14] Inmates were housed inside of leased facilities that had a strict capacity requirement under federal court order, which helped to reduce overcrowding within the main correctional facilities. [ 14 ]

  8. A time for reform: We need a commission to modernize Florida ...

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    Jeff Brandes is a former Florida state senator and founder of the Florida Policy Project, a 501c3, non-partisan research organization focused on best practices in transportation, criminal justice ...

  9. Incarceration in Florida - Wikipedia

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    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."