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

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    The time for reform is now. 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 ...

  3. Florida's prisons ineffective and outdated - AOL

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    Florida taxpayers pay more to maintain ineffective and outdated prison system

  4. Prison overcrowding in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement would immediately be notified so the situation can be assessed. Despite its risks and consequences, prison overcrowding can be solved in many different ways. First, the use of diversion programs can aid in prisoners avoiding prison entry. [21] Diversion programs are programs that divert, or turn prisoners away from prison time.

  5. 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]

  6. Mobile phones in prison - Wikipedia

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    Most mobile phones are smuggled in by prison staff, who often do not have to go through security as rigorously as visitors.Security of staff is often less intense because this would be time-consuming on the part of the staff, unionized prison employees are paid for this time, and it would thus increase the overall cost of operations, [6] also, prison staff are often reluctant to diligently ...

  7. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    “The staff is untrained, and they end up working double and triple eight-hour shifts. So the kids get abused at worst, neglected at least, and they come out with many more problems than when they walked in.” At a Florida Correctional Services Corp. facility called Cypress Creek, north of Tampa, six juveniles escaped between 2000 and 2001.

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...