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| Prison Reforms Scuttled as Lawmakers Head Home |
| By wtxl.com |
| Published: 04/29/2015 |
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TALLAHASSEE, FL (THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA) - A push to reform the state's embattled prisons agency was one of the casualties of the House's early termination of the legislative session Tuesday, but Senate leaders aren't dropping the issue. Senate President Andy Gardiner said his chamber won't take up a House prisons measure because it lacks an oversight commission included in a Senate plan (SB 7020). But Gardiner said he will dispatch his own committee to investigate problems in the corrections system that prompted lawmakers to propose the overhaul. "We will put our corrections committee on the road within a couple of weeks and they will go and do their own investigations. I can subpoena people. We're not done with that," Gardiner, R-Orlando, told reporters late Tuesday afternoon. "It's unfortunate that the House did what they did. Usually these last three days is when you're negotiating. They just walked away." Read More. |
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