State housing laws will not prevent sexual assaults

Florida laws governing where sexual offenders can live are well intentioned. The goal was to restrict contact between those who have been convicted of abusing children and any potential victims. The state law says: A person who has been convicted of (a sexual offense) regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the offense was less

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Florida spends second to least in survey of Juvenile incarceration costs.

The state of Florida ranked second to last in a survey of what 45 states spend on incarcerating juveniles. Florida spends $55,407 annually on each of its jailed youths. That number seems like a lot, but it was actually the second lowest, behind Louisiana, of all states surveyed. Fifty-five thousand dollars to lock up a juvenile for a year. Holy

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