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| Florida prisons cut programs to cover $28 million deficit |
| By tampabay.com- Mary Ellen Klas |
| Published: 05/07/2018 |
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Florida's legislators are required to perform only one job each year — pass a balanced budget — but, based on new information released last week, they blew it. The legislature passed and Gov. Rick Scott signed an $87 billion budget that was $28 million short in prison funding. Now, to close the gap, the Florida Department of Corrections is eliminating programs that prepare inmates for their return to the community. The agency had warned lawmakers in February that they needed more money to cover court-ordered healthcare services and to renew the healthcare contract for inmates. Legislators ignored the warning and instead made cuts, leaving the agency with a $79 million deficit in its $2.3 billion budget, and not enough money to pay for inmate healthcare, which the state is legally required to provide. Read More. |
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