Florida Smart Justice Alliance

Florida Smart Justice Alliance Smarter Justice for a Safer Florida Florida’s economy cannot sustain this approach, and the interests of public safety require something different.

In a state as large and diverse as Florida, ensuring public safety is one of the greatest challenges facing the institutions of government. In order to achieve lower crime rates over the past several decades, the State of Florida has had to dramatically expanded its traditional response: prisons. As a result, Florida’s prison population has more than doubled since 1990 and almost quadrupled since

1984, accompanied by skyrocketing spending on corrections. I 2011 there were more than 102,000 individuals in Florida prisons, devouring some $2.4 billion in the 2010-2011 fiscal year alone. The warehousing of inmates has created a generation of prisoners whose time behind bars has only taught them how to be better criminals. Our state needs Smart Justice. Smart Justice is a comprehensive approach for adjusting inmate behaviors. It is designed to help former offenders live as law-abiding citizens once they get out of prison, so they don’t fall back into the same old habits that put them there in the first place. This reduces recidivism, in turn making our communities safer and easing the burden on taxpayers. Members of the Florida Smart Justice Alliance have come together to transform Florida’s criminal justice system through an approach that introduces hope where, for too long, it seemed to have gone missing – hope for law-abiding citizens, hope for taxpayers, and hope for non-violent offenders who truly want to find a better way.

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12/18/2015

In case you missed it!

"God's Own Warden" a Plenary Speaker at Justice Summit VFormerly known as one of the most violent prisons in the country...
10/14/2015

"God's Own Warden" a Plenary Speaker at Justice Summit V

Formerly known as one of the most violent prisons in the country, Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary has seen a marked decrease in violent incidents among its 5,000-plus inmate population. Many credit this to Warden Nathan Burl Cain, now the longest-standing warden in the history of Angola prison.

Reserve your seat today at www.justicesummit.org to hear Warden Cain's philosophy and experience in improving conditions at a maximum security prison over the last two decades.

A generation ago, if you asked a Republican and a Democrat to debate criminal justice policy, they would have argued abo...
03/19/2015

A generation ago, if you asked a Republican and a Democrat to debate criminal justice policy, they would have argued about which party was toughest on crime. Now, they’re arguing the other way: who can be smart.

Since harsh mandatory penalties were placed on the books in the 1980s, the federal prison population has increased eightfold.

Newt Gingrich on Juvenile Justice...
02/05/2015

Newt Gingrich on Juvenile Justice...

Right on Crime signatory Newt Gingrich takes to the South Dakota press to promote reform for that state’s juvenile corrections system. His piece appeared in the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, and comes on the heels of Senate Bill 73, bipartisan state legislation that would, in the words of Governor Denni…

We love this video from the ! Great job Silver Digital Media, and thanks to Assistant Bureau Chief Mike Rolls of Marion...
01/28/2015

We love this video from the ! Great job Silver Digital Media, and thanks to Assistant Bureau Chief Mike Rolls of Marion County Sheriff's Office for your feedback.

01/27/2015

Democrats and Republicans alike are rethinking the vast, costly system of policing and incarceration that was born of a crime wave decades ago.

Have you checked out the photos we added over the weekend? Free downloads for use in your social media and marketing!
01/18/2015

Have you checked out the photos we added over the weekend? Free downloads for use in your social media and marketing!

01/17/2015

SALT LAKE CITY - The consensus seemed clear, prison reform must happen.

SARASOTA - Heidi Holliday spent 10 years in prison. After spending 18 months at the Bradenton Bridge, Holliday graduated...
01/14/2015

SARASOTA - Heidi Holliday spent 10 years in prison. After spending 18 months at the Bradenton Bridge, Holliday graduated from the program two years ago. She's now an assistant manager at Sonny's BBQ. She sees her children on weekends, and she rents a house in Manatee County. She hopes to work as a mentor for female inmates in Department of Corrections facilities.

Holliday is a success story -- the result of a system that worked.

Heidi Holliday spent 10 years in prison.

01/13/2015
We are accepting on-site registrations Monday morning. Hope to see you at the | January 12-14 | Hyatt Regency Sarasota
01/11/2015

We are accepting on-site registrations Monday morning. Hope to see you at the | January 12-14 | Hyatt Regency Sarasota

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01/09/2015

There's still time to register! www.justicesummit.org

The upcoming fourth annual Justice Summit will focus on how to improve Florida's criminal justice system.

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204 S Monroe Street, Ste 201
Tallahassee, FL
32301

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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