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FL: Legislature gives OK to send prisoners out of state

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

FLORIDA PRISONS Florida Legislature gives OK to ship inmates out of state Sending criminals to out-of-state prisons is a 'safety valve' for BY STEVE BOUSQUET 06.08.09 Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE -- Florida, famous for shipping orange juice all over the country, may yet be known for a very different kind of export: criminals. With the inmate population hovering around 100,000 and the state lacking money to build new prisons, the Legislature has given the corrections department the authority to ship inmates to other states for the first time. ''It's a safety valve,'' says the plan's sponsor, Sen. Victor Crist, a Tampa Republican who oversees prison spending. ``This is not a mandate. It's a passive safety net.'' Crist said shipping prisoners would be considered only as a last resort to avoid the early release of inmates because of overpopulation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).