Major proposed changes to Florida prison system alarm workers, advocates

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thursday, 01.19.12
Major proposed changes to Florida prison system alarm workers, advocates
The proposed cuts to the state’s prison budget will be deep and be felt throughout many communities in Florida.
By Steve Bousquet
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- Determined to cut the size of the $2 billion prison budget, legislators and Gov. Rick Scott are focused on consolidation and privatization.

But as the potential disruption to state employees becomes clear, prison advocates and some lawmakers are scrambling to put the brakes on plans they say could devastate small towns that are highly dependent on prison jobs.

Some of the biggest changes in the agency’s history are moving ahead all at once. They include closing seven prisons due to a surplus of vacant prison beds; outsourcing 32 prisons and work camps in South Florida to private vendors; and the privatization of health care for all 100,000 inmates statewide.

No part of state government is facing as much change as the Department of Corrections, and opposition is mounting.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/19/2598055/major-proposed-changes-to-florida.html

[orpupilofnature57]

1. I'm glad I live in N.Y.

Sorry to all those Floridians that voted Gore in 2000 ,to the rest just deserts.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[nineteen50]

3. Trickle down

[Remember Me]

4. Oh, good, because adding in profits ALWAYS results in

such better quality products and services.

Pfffft I hate fascism.

[PSPS]

5. "Privatize" = pay more to profit-making company who will launder back a big "campaign contribution"