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Webpage: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/04/1809169/grimm-aging-inmates-cost-to-society.html
Pubdate: Fri, 02 Apr 2010
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
Copyright: 2010 News-Journal Corporation
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Author: Fred Grimm
AGING INMATES COST TO SOCIETY MORE THAN DANGER
Back in 1994, Florida got tough on crime.
State legislators whipped themselves into a law-and-order frenzy,
curtailing parole, adding more mandatory prison sentences to the
statutes and culling out a three-strikes-and-you're-in ( prison )
forever bill from 10 different versions churning through the
Legislature.
Even liberal Democrats took up the tough guy pose. "The feeling is
that crime is out of control and criminals are in control," said
then-State Sen. Robert Wexler, who was championing legislation
requiring chemical castration for sex offenders.
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