Articles in Category: 'John Thrasher'

Correctional Institutions (Includes Annexes)

Institution Gender Custody level Inmates
Broward Correctional Institution Female close custody 701
Charlotte Correctional Institution Male close custody 838
Dade Correctional Institution Male close custody 1,526
Desoto Correctional Institution Male close custod

Work Release Centers

Center Gender Custody level Inmates
Atlantic WRC Female youth community custody 43
Fort Pierce WRC Male youth community custody 81
Hollywood WRC Female pre-release community custody 115
Miami North WRC Male youth community custody 179

Other Correctional Facilities

Facility Gender Custody Level Inmates
Arcadia Road Prison Male minimum custody 68
Big Pine Key Road Prison Male minimum custody 45
Desoto Work Camp Male medium custody 196
Fort Myers Work Camp Male minimum custody 78
Glades Wor

State-Estimated Savings

Private Prisons Gender Custody level Inmates Percentage of state-estimated savings
Bay Correctional Institution Male medium custody 985 7.5
Blackwater Correctional Institution Male medium custody 2,000 7.5
Gadsden Correctional Institution Female medium custody
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 9, 2012 3:55 AM

Virtually all of Florida's largest business organizations are lobbying the Florida Legislature this session to make customers of online retailers pay a sales tax, same as Main Street's bricks-and-mortar customers do.

 
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By: Nancy Smith | Posted: November 28, 2011 3:55 AM

If the Florida Legislature wants to pound another nail in the coffin of the middle class during this long recession, it can go ahead with the ill-conceived idea of eliminating tax-free Internet shopping.

 
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By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 30, 2012 3:55 AM
There are silly bills and then there are the bat-crazy, dangerous, shoot-it-before-it-reaches-the-border bills. SB 1560 fits nicely into the latter category.
 
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By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 23, 2012 3:55 AM
Newt Gingrich's verbal pyrotechnics won the day in South Carolina, but can the resurgent former speaker of the House overcome Mitt Romney's big lead in Florida and repeat the miracle here?
 
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