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New Florida prison boss details deeply ingrained problems | Politics | Bradenton Herald

23.1.15

New Florida prison boss details deeply ingrained problems | Politics | Bradenton Herald: Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones had intended to present the Senate Criminal Justice Committee with a variety of reforms she is proposing to the system that has seen a 13 percent increase in inmate deaths in the past year, but the committee had other ideas.

As Jones told the lawmakers about her priorities to focus on rebuilding decades-old buildings, adequately staff the agency and better handle the growing number of mentally ill inmates, committee members peppered her with questions.

"The media reports that we've seen are not only disquieting but disturbing to my sense of humanity,'' said Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth.


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