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| Florida lags as other states make progress in prison and sentencing reforms |
| By tampabay.com- Mary Ellen Klas |
| Published: 12/22/2015 |
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TALLAHASSEE — As other states reformed their criminal justice systems in the past year to reduce their prison populations, update their sentencing laws and establish new programs for the re-entry of offenders, Florida remained on the sidelines, according to a new report from the bipartisan U.S. Justice Action Network. "There's been some question whether there is enough political will to move forward on criminal justice reforms [in Florida,]'' said Marc Levin, policy director of the conservative advocacy group Right On Crime, a member of the network, during a conference call with reporters Monday. With 2.3 million Americans behind bars at a cost of taxpayers of $80 billion a year, the group advocates for changes to make the criminal justice system "smarter, fairer and more cost effective." Its end-of-the-year report detailed sentencing reforms made not only at the federal level but in states such as Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, where legislatures passed bills to improve re-entry opportunities for felons and reform their criminal forfeiture process in 2015. Read More. |
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