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| Girls' prison takes steps to increase safety |
| By WPBF |
| Published: 10/25/2004 |
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Several months after a grand jury revealed 83 violations at the Florida Institute for Girls -- the state's only prison for teenage girls, the prison seems to be making positive changes. The grand jury stepped in after a riot at the prison, along with allegations that officers were having sex with inmates and that many inmates were being treated cruelly. "There were four girls with broken arms. They had inadequate staff training. The overseeing agency, the Department of Juvenile Justice, knew there were violations going on, and they weren't doing anything about it," Chief Judge Ed Fine said. The prison ended up severing ties with the company that ran the prison, and the grand jury issued the 83 recommendations to make the Florida Institute for Girls safe once again. "The Department of Juvenile Justice attacked this, took all of the recommendations and were able to say who is responsible for each recommendation, when it was completed and how it was completed," Assistant State Attorney Jeanne Howard said. Eighty-one of the grand jury's 83 recommendations have been executed. The two that were not were deemed to be either not cost-effective, such as audio components on security cameras, or not to be in the best interest of the inmates, such as padded isolation cells. There will be another report issued in a year, which will focus more on the quality of mental health care the girls are getting. |
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