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Guest AuthorMay 7, 2014

Lawmakers, law enforcement officers and savvy citizens – I call on you to carefully examine what the phrase “tough on crime” means. In my mind, it suggests a well-deserved intolerance for the very serious impact crime has on our communities and the victims who reside in them. This is a definition I can stand by. […]

Dominic CalabroNovember 12, 2013

Crime rates in Florida are at historically low levels, yet the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) wants to reopen up to nine correctional facilities that were closed just last year. Recently, the state Criminal Justice Estimating Conference projected an increase of nearly 2,000 prisoners in Florida by next year, even as crime rates continue to […]

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