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| Florida prison deficit balloons to $95.2M |
| By sfltimes.com - Bill Kaczor |
| Published: 02/15/2013 |
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida prisons are saving money by getting better deals on paper towels, toilet paper, prescription drugs and bar soap while inmates are wearing cheaper shoes, all in response to a budget deficit that's ballooned to $95.2 million. Department of Corrections officials told a legislative panel on Wednesday that such internal cost-cutting steps, though, won't be enough to reduce the deficit to zero when the current budget year ends on June 30. Gov. Rick Scott is asking the Legislature to appropriate $74.8 million to cover most of the deficit. That would leave the department responsible for eliminating the remaining $20.4 million through such actions as trading traditional canvas shoes for cheaper, longer-lasting plastic Crocs, buying cheaper asthma inhalers and cutting back on travel. The department started the budget year with a $36.1 million deficit carry over from 2011-12 and it peaked at $104 million last month, said Corrections Secretary Mike Crews. ``It's kind of like being in that sand pit, and every shovel you throw out, there's three falling back in on you,'' Crews told the House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee. Read More. |
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