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| Prison Budget Cuts Mean Closing FL Treatment Facilities |
| By publicnewsservice.org |
| Published: 05/23/2018 |
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - A facility in Pompano Beach that once housed more than 100 substance-abuse and other treatment beds now stands empty because of budget cuts at the Florida Department of Corrections. Treatment providers are urging Gov. Rick Scott to dip into state emergency reserves to fill a shortfall of $50 million left by lawmakers, almost $30 million of it for substance-abuse and mental-health treatment. According to advocates for these programs, cutting them could lead to more crime instead of keeping people on probation or parole out of prison and in recovery. In Broward County alone, said Lori Costantino-Brown, president and chief executive of Bridges of America, her program has gone from having 436 re-entry diversion beds to zero. "Here we are in the middle of an opioid epidemic. This is the second time that the Legislature left a shortfall that nearly wiped out treatment providers in this state," she said. "Last session, it was DCF (the state Department of Children and Families); this session, it's Corrections." Read More. |
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