Comments on: Roadmap Emerging For New Governor Scott’s $1 Billion Prison Cuts

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:31:48 +0000

The fact is that we are spending twice as much to maintain our prisons because of incarceration of people addicted to drugs and with mental health problems that should be treated not incarcerated. In Charlotte County, drug addicts are ordered by the judge to attend drug rehabilitation by attending a one-hour class, once a week and they wonder why it’s not working, Are they kidding? I am all for early release of non-violent inmates, especially military veterans and others that became addicted through prescribed medications and subsequently got into trouble with illegal drugs and poor judgment.

By: co

co — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:17:19 +0000

to sweetie…..if you believe the line of crap your friend is feeding you about cold meals and no heat you’d believe anything.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:46:22 +0000

REGARDING:
“I say we let everyone out and put them to work instead , closely watched work and education program,”

Murderers, rapists, thieves, pedophiles, arsonists, psychopaths, fox hunters??

Are you opening your home to all of them? Actually, if you let them all out, you are opening all of our homes to all of them.

And how many more people will it take if they are scattered all over?

Of course, it’s possible. GPS on each and every one, cameras and microphones monitoring them all the time–including heart rate for when they get excited, maybe some sort of disabling device in case they start to commit a crime…

It might work, if done properly.

David just joking about the fox hunters

By: huh

huh — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:26:16 +0000

I say we let everyone out and put them to work instead , closely watched work and education program, so they will be less likely to turn to crime when they are released

By: concerned citizen

concerned citizen — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:59:43 +0000

I agree with Frank. What is death row for? Is it to let the citizens pay for Someone to sit in prison for years when they actually have “Electric Chairs” to cut that cost for us. I know people working in the prison systems and most prisoners are repeat offenders. When will it end?

By: concerned citizen

concerned citizen — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:55:22 +0000

I agree with Frank. What is death row for? Is it to let the citizens pay for Someone to sit in prison for years when they actually have “Electric Chairs” to cut. that cost for us.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:04:52 +0000

Frank, you are a sick, sad, bloodthirsty person. Ignorance flows out your pores. You don’t know the first thing about prison or the drug trade, and you would be wise not to make any more comments on the subject.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:00:56 +0000

If you want to stop reoffenders it’s easy invoke the death sentenct on all drug dealers and pimps you’ll cut the prison population in half very quickly ! Most of tose guys don’t care if they get caught, it’s like a vacation they can hang out with their home boys and make plan for when they get out of how to better serve there customers! Really most of these people do not have the same mind set as the everyday hard working person, their using the system to get free health care and a vaction then go right back to dealing drugs it’s (easy money) and no taxes hey they can buy another set of 24’s for their baby momma’s car and some diapers for the baby! Wake up people jail is suppose to make you not want to come back ,, it’s suppose to be a deturant ! Not a vaction!

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:31:07 +0000

To Sweetie. The fact of the matter is simply this; Everyone makes his or her own choice. If you lay down with dogs you will surely smell of the same.

By: concerned

concerned — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:10:52 +0000

If our state would look at getting the snowbirds back up north then there would be jobs for the Floridians. Snowbirds live in Florida 3-4 months out of the year, do they rent, live in condos on the beach or motorhomes and pay no property taxes, etc.? Most snowbirds had big union jobs. The Correctional Officers are needed very much, but the pyramid is turned upside down. If the govornor would reduce at the top and leave the CO’s alone everything would go just fine. You have to remember there are lawyers in prison just like low income people.