Category: Florida Prison System

Short-Staffed Florida Prisons Consider Calling on the National Guard

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is experiencing an officer shortage which has led a legislative panel to consider a plan that would activate the Florida National Guard to help at prisons. A report issued by the Joint Legislative Budget Commission proposes that $31.25 million would be used to cover the costs of…


Florida Prison System in Crisis, State Senator Says

Florida is facing a “tsunami of inmates” who may be released from local and county jails due to a critical staff shortage, according to state Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Republican. As a result of inaction by state leadership, Brandes said, the state may have to release some prisoners because facilities are overcrowded and there are…