TALLAHASSEE – Holmes and Washington Counties could be among some of Florida’s most financially strapped small school districts that could have paid thousands of dollars more for textbooks than their larger counterparts, and local officials are asking state leaders to do something about it. A whistleblower identified as “John/Jane Doe” recently sent allegations to state…
TALLAHASSEE — Correctional officers will receive base-pay increases of at least $5,000 and newly hired officers will get one-time bonuses of $3,000 from money saved by shuttering a nearly century-old prison and more than 70 prison dorms throughout the state, under a proposal approved Thursday by lawmakers. The salary boosts and bonuses will come from…
TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Wilton Simpson has a message for state prison leaders: Shut down institutions if you want pay raises for overworked corrections officers. Simpson, in a phone interview Thursday with The News Service of Florida, blamed chronic staffing shortages and high turnover rates on corrections officials lack of vision and myopia in operating…
TALLAHASSEE — A top corrections official offered a stark picture of Floridas prison system Wednesday, warning that lawmakers must boost salaries of corrections workers to avert a looming disaster as the system grapples with high turnover rates, dangerously low staffing levels and fatigued employees. Department of Corrections Deputy Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency wants…
TALLAHASSEE — Siding with the state in a closely watched case that has kept the cannabis industry in limbo, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 2017 law designed to carry out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. The courts 42-page ruling came in a drawn-out legal battle launched by Tampa-based Florigrown…
BONIFAY Holmes Work Camp in Bonifay is among work camps across the state to be consolidated into a main institution. The Florida Department of Corrections says there simply isnt enough staff to safely run every facility, stating a large number of FDC’s major institutions are at or below critical staffing levels. FDC is working…
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