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| A wise veto of prison bill |
| By tbo.com |
| Published: 04/30/2012 |
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TAMPA, FL -- As president of the Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police Association, I am writing to support Florida Gov. Rick Scott's veto of House Bill 177. This bill would have granted early and immediate release for more than 300 prisoners this year who are currently incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections. The intent of this bill was to reduce prison populations by cutting drug offender's sentences in half, then requiring these early release offenders to participate in educational programs, substance abuse assessments and vocational skills training. The reality of this is that the majority of these offenders have been arrested numerous times, and traditional programs that included vocational rehabilitation and substance abuse have failed, thus these criminals were sentenced to prison. Many of them were given several opportunities to succeed in a variety of drug diversion programs; however they made the same bad choice each time, and now they are paying the consequences. This is the appropriate place for these criminals because they failed to obey the laws of our state, not once but several times. Florida state law requires criminals to serve a minimum of 85 percent of their sentence as provided by the court of record. Read More. |
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