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  2. Florida's prisons ineffective and outdated - AOL

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    Florida taxpayers pay more to maintain ineffective and outdated prison system

  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. 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 ...

  5. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an avid supporter of prison privatization, received more than $15,000 from company executives during state and federal races. The company has given more in Florida over the past 15 years than the combined donations of Office Depot and Darden Restaurants, Inc., two of the state's largest Fortune ...

  6. 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.

  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. Prison violence - Wikipedia

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    Having to focus on so many dangerous people at once is just not possible because there will always be someone not being watched over at any given moment; this is most likely when inmates choose to strike. Overcrowding is a very common issue in American prisons that leads to prison violence because the prisons will be understaffed. [1]

  9. List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate

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    Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.