Florida’s prison system is a mess

The Florida Department of Corrections is much in the news these days. Catch this sample of recent headlines.

•Record 346 inmates die, dozens of guards fired in Florida prisons

•Study: Florida prisons understaffed and deteriorating

•Florida’s “ground zero” for prisoner deaths

•Update: New gag order to silence whistleblowers

•Investigators: DOC Captain lied in violent inmate takedown

•Eleven correctional employees suspended in ongoing investigation into possible use of excessive force

•One inmate dies while in custody at prison

•DOC must stop sexual abuse in state prisons

Read more: www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/2016/04/24/floridas-prison-system-mess/83469408/