April 27, 2016 – Daniel Ducassi TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Corrections will not release a “transition plan” touted by secretary Julie Jones as a way to best move forward after the controversial planned closure of a Broward County prisoner re-entry center. She said in a statement released Monday that the plan would […]
Column: Florence Snyder: Prisons use “security concerns” to hide abuse – Context Florida
02/21/16 – By Florence Beth Snyder If it weren’t so sick, twisted and perverted, the “security concerns” exemptions to Florida’s public records law would be downright hilarious. Consider the case of Steven Zerbe’s mom. Bonnie’s Zerbe’s 37-year-old son was sent to Santa Rosa Correctional Institution in 2013. He soon began to tell prison officials, and […]
