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FL: Powerful business lobby calls for a halt to prison construction & change in sentencing policies

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Change sought in Florida prison system A movement among powerful Florida leaders to overhaul the state's prison system is gaining steam as lawmakers grapple with shrinking resources. BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER Miami Herald 06.24.09 A call by Florida's most powerful business lobby to halt prison construction and reform the criminal justice system is gaining surprising traction among policymakers in the wake of a deepening budget crisis and growing evidence that building new prison beds will not reduce crime. Four months after the head of Associated Industries of Florida stunned lawmakers with his plea to slow prison growth, a who's-who of business, religious and political leaders are asking Gov. Charlie Crist to consider alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, particularly drug addicts...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).