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Several Criminal And Juvenile Justice Reforms Get Closer To Becoming Reality
By news.wfsu.org- Sascha Cordner
Published: 04/30/2014

In the last several days, a number of bills aimed at helping Florida’s criminal justice and juvenile justice systems have passed in either chamber of the state Legislature. They range from a measure to prevent inmate escapes to another that aims to revamp the juvenile justice system.

Bill Addressing Inmate Escapes

Making sure prison release orders are properly verified is the goal of bill authored by Sen. Greg Evers (R-Baker) in his capacity as chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.

“Last year, we had a couple of inmates that escaped because of some fraudulent papers,” said Evers. “What this would do is require the Florida Department of Corrections to verify and authenticate the signature and release from the actual judge and the Clerk of Court prior to any release dates.”

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