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| Prison re-entry effort a start |
| By sun-sentinel.com |
| Published: 03/19/2012 |
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Fla - If nothing else, give state Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, and state Rep. Ari Porth, D-Coral Springs, credit for persistence. It took two legislative sessions, but the pair managed to pass a bill creating a re-entry program for non-violent drug offenders. The legislation survived opposition from the tough-on-crime crowd and deserves Gov. Rick Scott's signature, the final step toward becoming law. The bill requires the Florida Department of Corrections to develop and administer a program to divert nonviolent offenders from state facilities. The goal is to shorten prison sentences by offering community based sustance abuse treatment and educational programs. Doing so pairs punishment with a greater shot at rehabilitation and reducing recividism. The end results are, potentially, a functional ex-inmate and significant prison budget savings. Florida's prison population is one of the nation's highest. Unlike a majority of states surveyed in a 2010 Pew Center of the States report, the number of Florida inmates is increasing. State lawmakers have grappled with ways to lower the prison population and reduce incarceration costs, including the ill-fated privatization effort that would have turned state facilities in the southern half of Florida over to private firms. Read More. |
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