November 4, 2015 Bernie Sanders via Daily Kos Today in America, shamefully, we have more people in jail than any other country on earth. The United States is home to 4.4 percent of the world’s population, and 22 percent of its prisoners. A big reason for this is because companies that profit from prisons have […]
Molly Gill, Govt Affairs Counsel FAMM 1100 H Street NW Suite 1000 Washington DC, 20005 (202) 822-6700 FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS SENTENCING REFORM AND CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2015 UPDATE: Senate Judiciary bill summary as well as a section by section factsheet. Full text of bill available here: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Summary: The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 is a […]
Close the Palm Beach Juvenile Facility In a state known for its abusive youth prisons, the Palm Beach Juvenile Correctional Facility may be the worst of them all. Nearly a third of boys housed at the privately run Palm Beach facility were victims of sexual abuse, a horrifying statistic and the highest of any facility […]
Courtesy SaintPetersBlog By Mitch Perry –Apr 28, 2015 Koch Brothers latest to seize on ‘BAN the BOX’ movement. David and Charles “Banning the Box” on job applications for companies who contract with the city of Tampa was a bridge too far for the City Council to consider back […]
Courtesy First Coast News Miami Herald EDT May 5, 2015 Victim Shurick Lewis, 41. (Photo: FDLE) LAKE CITY, Fla. — Two corrections officers were arrested after allegedly dragging an inmate to a secluded area […]
Prison reform compromise among the dead bills on session floor Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:44pm By Mary Ellen Klas and Michael Auslen As the session melted down on Tuesday, Senate President Andy Gardiner announced that the prison reform compromise — which featured the Senate agreeing to withdraw from its […]
THIS IS YOUR CALL TO ACTION! SB 7020 passed the Senate unanimously on March 18th but House Bill 7131 has extracted the molars, the teeth that grind. HB 7131 removes the Florida Corrections Commission, an independent oversight Commission with the authority to […]
Senate Bill 7020, submitted by Senator Greg Evers, which appoints a Florida Corrections Commission to investigate abuses within the prisons, passed unanimously on 3/18/15. Featured Article Courtesy of Mary Ellen Klaus, Bradenton Herald, 3/19/15 TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate on Wednesday put money behind its pledge to reform the state’s troubled prison system, voting to […]