Which prisons are closing in florida

DeSantis did not include prison closures or consolidation in a budget proposal released in January. Get updates via text message: ConText, our free text messaging service about politics news, brings you the latest from this year's Florida legislative session.

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Connect with us. The oldest prison still in operation, Union Correctional Institution located in Raiford, was built in State prisons not only provide direct jobs for corrections workers but have a cascading impact on the surrounding communities, where employees buy groceries, eat at restaurants, attend schools and purchase homes. Rural regions with correctional facilities also benefit from people who patronize local businesses as they make trips to visit loved ones or friends who are incarcerated.

The Senate included a requirement to shutter four state prisons by Dec. Senate and House leaders will negotiate a final spending plan before the scheduled April 30 end of the legislative session. Meeks and other Small County Coalition leaders recently sent a letter to Gov. It will be devastating. Prison workers and inmates also are grappling with the coronavirus pandemic.

The highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus has taken its toll on prison workers since flaring up in July, Baiardi said. Four correctional officers died during a day period in August, he said.

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