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FL: Scott pushes for state prisons privatization Prisoners, disabled, mentally ill and veterans would go from public to private care under governor's plan

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Scott pushes for state prisons privatization Prisoners, disabled, mentally ill and veterans would go from public to private care under governor's plan By Tonya Alanez, Tallahassee Bureau Orlando Sentinel February 14, 2011 TALLAHASSEE ? For years lawmakers have toughened Florida's sentencing laws and created the nation's third-largest prison system, but Gov. Rick Scott is seeking to shrink the number of state-run facilities for Florida's convicts. Under a prison plan that he says would save $82.4 million, Scott wants to cut 1,690 state corrections jobs, move as many as 1,500 inmates from state lock-ups to privately run prisons and close two still-unnamed state correctional institutions. The plan is meeting some strong resistance. Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, who leads the Senate committee that oversees prison spending, last week called it "dead on arrival...continue to full post

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