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Dianne Hart refiles bill to reduce mandatory prison terms and expand prisoner reformation
The bill would reduce required time served from 85% to 65%.
The bill would reduce required time served from 85% to 65%.
As of Friday, 107 inmates and at least three corrections workers had died of COVID-19.
FDC first suspended visitations at state correctional facilities in early March.
The Department of Corrections reported a total of 3,401 state prison inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19.
It will require prison officials to show cause for placing a pregnant prison in solitary confinement.
As of Thursday, 1,473 inmates have tested positive.
Rapper Meek Mill will publicize the campaign, which features two Florida inmates.
Miami-Dade has the second-most positive tests of any Florida county.
Sen. Jason Pizzo has filed similar legislation in the Senate.
The state refuses to pay its guards and officers real wages to supervise felons.
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