Make more laws catch more criminals! Seen that In an attorneys office the other day.

Any human being reading this would have some compassion for these poor souls. But with few exceptions, the Floriduh Legislators are a bunch of self-serving hatemongers who spew their vitriol about being tough on crime while building their collective egos and squandering billions of taxpayer dollars in a revenge culture, non-rehabilitative prison industrial complex.

Nothing will change unless enough good people get elected to draft and pass meaningful prison reforms. Sadly, there are very few good people with the resources to do so.

The state gets grants from the Federal Government. Prisons create jobs. More inmates means more funding. Crime is a money maker. If you crime stats are down, you do not get funding as it is ” Not needed “.
Many of the Florida prisons are more than 50 years old and Union correctional has had little upgrades since being opened in 1913.
Also some of the prisons are now run by a private outside company.
Prisoners are not so much a number as they are a paycheck.

Florida’s FDOC budget, if fully implemented with programs needed to reduce recidivism and properly pay its CO’s, would be well north of $4B.