A new survey from St. Leo University shows that a plurality of Floridians believe Rick Scott’s controversial sacking of FDLE head Gerald Bailey was political in nature. Thirty-seven percent of those asked in the poll say that the governor acted to punish Bailey for Bailey’s reluctance to aid in Scott’s re-election campaign and the change was mainly politically motivated. Forty-seven percent of Democrats […]
Record shows Florida’s prisons have weak record of policing themselves – Naked Politics
Sometime in August 2013, Department of Corrections senior investigators Aubrey Land and John Ulm sat down with their boss, Inspector General Jeffery Beasley, to talk about possible corruption in the department. That day and in coming days, they detailed how they had found evidence that corrections officers had lied and had falsified reports, and how […]
Florida prison system, under fire, releases data on inmate deaths – Miami Herald
A new inmate mortality database was unveiled by the Florida Department of Corrections, which is facing scrutiny for several suspicious deaths. Judith Arrascue says she has tried for months to find out what happened to her husband, Luis, a state prison inmate who died at the Lake Butler Reception and Medical Center in April. On […]
