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22 Apr 2013, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Edna Lorraine Watkins, the owner of Homecare Unlimited, LLC, in Jacksonville, Florida, has been sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding Medicaid, according to the Florida Office of the Attorney General (AG). [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Edna Lorraine Watkins, the owner of Homecare Unlimited, LLC, in Jacksonville, Florida, has been sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding Medicaid, according to the Florida Office of the Attorney General (AG). [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 8:59 am
Of all states, Florida imprisons the second-highest number of prisoners – over 11,000 or approximately 11% of the state prison population – in private facilities. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 9:24 am
Here are a few examples of that phenomenon which caught my eye this morning:In Florida, incoming Governor Rick Scott wants to reduce prison spending - currently at $2.5 billion per year - by a whopping $1 billion annually.In Washington state, the governor and the Senate Republican Caucus have endorsed $55.4 million in cuts to the Department of Corrections "through staff reductions and program and prison consolidation. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 6:36 am
The 36,678 Florida prisoners released in 2009 served an average of 22 months longer and cost taxpayers $38,477 more per prisoner than those released in 1990, the study determined.More conservative states around us have taken note of the cost:Indeed, Georgia Gov. [read post]
13 May 2009, 4:35 am
Most recently Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel, has run up against the limits of their ability to pay for state prisons.With the state short on cash and prison beds, Republicans in the Florida Legislature are being forced to reassess the tough-on-crime mentality that has permeated their politics for years.Florida's prison population cracked 100,000 this year, and state prison officials expect to need more and more… [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 12:15 am
The Florida Department of Corrections has ended its Jewish Dietary Accommodation Program in state prisons. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 4:10 am
First, she fails to explain why the Department cannot offer kosher meals when the Federal Bureau of Prisons and other states do so.... [read post]
14 Feb 2022, 9:00 am
Cody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence. [read post]
9 Dec 2019, 4:21 am
We’ll also talk about how prison transfers and visitation happens in Florida. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 6:36 am
The 36,678 Florida prisoners released in 2009 served an average of 22 months longer and cost taxpayers $38,477 more per prisoner than those released in 1990, the study determined. [read post]
27 Jan 2020, 8:06 am
A Florida prison guard was charged Saturday with pouring bleach in an inmate’s cup after the two argued. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:30 pm
-elect Rick Scott, who has said that he wants to cut state prison costs by $1 billion, should have a sit-down with Mr. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 4:48 am
Bloomberg Florida’s Senate blocked a plan to create the largest private-prison system in the U.S., handing a setback to a Geo Group Inc. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 4:49 am
Most experts in the state say that the number of state prisoners affected by the Supreme Court ruling is around 250, but the data are not all in yet. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 2:48 pm
Following up on recent posts (here, here, here): USA Today, Prisoners Stole Millions From the IRS in 2009: Prisoners in Florida, Georgia and California lead the nation's inmate population in scamming payments from an unlikely benefactor: the IRS. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 4:24 am
Today's New York Times carries a front page story titled You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Love a Kosher Prison Meal, focusing on the added cost to prison systems of serving kosher food ($7 per day vs. $1.54 in Florida) and the feigning of Jewish religious beliefs by some inmates in order to be placed on kosher diets:Some states, like New York, do nothing to try to discern who is feigning Jewishness. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 5:30 pm
The Florida Senate today put the kabosh on Republican plans to turn 30 state prisons into the largest private prison complex in the country. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 6:21 pm
The post Florida State Senate passes 6-week abortion ban appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
25 Nov 2010, 8:51 am
As a second degree felony, this crime is punishable by up to 15 years in Florida State Prison. [read post]
