Forgotten Majority

Advocating for the just and humane treatment of those who are incarcerated.

Day: August 26, 2011

  • EDWIN BUSS, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, OUSTED.

                             Edwin Buss Florida’s prison system, with 144 facilities and 102,000 inmates is the third-largest in the nation, with a $2.3 billion budget.  Wednesday brought the resignation of  it’s Secretary,  Ed Buss, who held a’ six month-long tenure and earned an annual salary of $144,999.  Buss, 45, came to Tallahassee from Indiana, where he ran that state’s […]

  • DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAROLE AND PROBATION DEFINED

    To simply clarify, there is no Parole in the state of Florida.  Probation is not parole and there is a huge difference between the two. Definitions from the ‘Lectric Law Library’s Lexicon:   The Florida Parole Commission                        Tena M. Pate Chair PAROLE “Any form of release of an offender from imprisonment to the community by a releasing […]