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Pubdate: Tue, 29 Dec 2009
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
Copyright: 2009 News-Journal Corporation
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/700
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Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?199 (Mandatory Minimum Sentencing)
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OVERTIME SERVED

Reforming Florida's Violent Incarceration Mentality

Like other law enforcement officials in the state, Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson is sowing undue fear and misinformation about legislative proposals that would reform the state's overly harsh and unsustainably costly prison system.

Johnson is following the lead of Brevard County Sheriff Jack Parker, who claims -- wrongly -- that "Florida is funding prisons less and less" while preparing to release offenders early.

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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake

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