Comments on: Inmate Health Costs Drive Up Florida Prison Budget

By: anne1of2

anne1of2 — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:49:15 +0000

Let’s keep them in the best health possible, better than there victims. This is way beyond insane. They sure weren’t worried about keeping their victims healthy This is to make insurance co’s rich..

By: Im with you

Im with you — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:38:28 +0000

Nothing- I’m with you… You mean to tell me the officers that put there life in danger on a daily basis gets NOTHING at all.. This is a disgrace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:47:35 +0000

Prison funding is such a complicated issue. The easy road is to say F’it, they’re criminals, let them rot. Is that the kind of society we want to be? “The degree of civilization in a society is revealed by entering its prisons.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Think about yourself in there, especially if your were wrongfully convicted. Wouldn’t you want to be treated with a modicum of dignity.There are so many complicated issues with prisons. Slo Mo talks about mental health and is right, it is a huge issue. So is privatization. Another area of concern is who should be in prison?
Personally, I think crimes against persons should top the list. If you are a murderer, rapist, child molester, spouse beater, you commit some act of physical violence against someone or armed robber, you are priority number one. If you are a burglar or thief, you are priority 2. If you are a fraudster or check kiter you are priority three.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:10:19 +0000

The average cost per inmate has been reported numerous times to be north of $25k/year and increasing. $30k/inmate/year is approaching fast. As the article states, the avaerage age is also increasing, which means we have people in prison who are most likely physically incapable of perpetrating another crime. What Florida does not have is a parole system that could review inmates on some recurring basis and perhaps start releasing and returning some of them to society ahead of their rediculously long sentences.

Finally, the Florida legislature needs to quit with the never ending “tough on crime” ideas they continually come up with to show/improve their “credibility” with the voters who are busy thinking with their emotions instead of a logical approach where one might ask for data, studies, and what is the return on a new law other than just more prisoners and higher budgets. Minimum sentencing guidelines are a prime example.

By: slo mo

slo mo — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:40:26 +0000

If they would take the private companies out of the prison system that would help. Those companies are only in it for the money and not the care. The medical staff are short staffed (like most of healthcare). They do not pay anybody well at all, especially for the environment the staff is in. Mental health is will be always a sticking point since most patients only get treatment when incarcerated. We, in general, need better mental health care in this nation and stop treating it like it is a crime in itself.

By: Nothing

Nothing — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:50:31 +0000

No raises for the officers?