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Floridians Voice Concern About State Prison System
By wjct.org- Mary McIntyre
Published: 08/04/2015

The deaths of two inmates at Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson, Florida last week have sparked call for reform of the state’s correctional system.

Florida has the third-largest prison system in the nation, with more than 100,000 inmates and a $2.1 billion budget.

During an appearance on WJCT's “First Coast Connect,” Criminal Justice Analyst Dale Carson and Wendy Tatter, a representative for the St. Augustine nonprofit Initiative for Compassion, talked about prison reform in Florida.

Carson says problems with the state’s correctional system are getting worse.

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