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| Florida sentencing system faulted in new Pew study |
| By miamiherald.typepad.com- Steve Bousquet |
| Published: 06/04/2014 |
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A nationwide study by Pew Charitable Trusts finds that Florida leads all states in so-called "max-outs," the number of prison inmates who serve their full sentences and are released to the community with no supervision or support. A high percentage of those inmates commit new crimes and are sent back behind bars at an enormous cost to taxpayers. Pew's report spans a period of 1990 to 2012, so it dates to the years of a Democratic governor, Lawton Chiles. According to Pew's findings, max-out rates rose in 23 states during that period, and accounted for more than four of every 10 releases in nine states with Florida having the most. Florida was followed by Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah. The fewest max-outs during that period were in Oregon, California, Arkansas, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. Read More. |
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