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Anonymous tipline created for prisoners
By articles.orlandosentinel.com - Bianca Prieto
Published: 06/14/2012

Florida's inmate population is a potential gold mine of information on unsolved crimes, and state officials hope to tap it.

Starting July 1, a new anonymous tipline will give the state's 100,356 prisoners an opportunity to report information on unsolved crimes and may even have a chance to earn a reward.

"There is a wealth of information here and we've created a mechanism to capture it," said Ken Tucker, Secretary of the Department of Corrections. "We owe it to the public and the victims to collaborate."

The Florida Department of Corrections teamed up with CrimeWatch to create the equivalent of the anonymous tipline citizens use to report information on crimes.

In Central Florida, the anonymous tipline Crimeline has helped solve numerous crimes including the April shooting and burning deaths of Winter Park High School students 16-year-old Nicholas Presha and 18-year-old Jeremy Stewart.

State corrections employees will use posters to announce the new tipine and have created a video about the program that all incoming prisoners will be required to watch at the start of his or her prison sentence, Tucker said.

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