SS: Broward-led spike in prison population requires look at non-violent drug crimes
" … Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, had another explanation (for the prison spike) -- Broward County.
With a new sheriff and judges, the lawmaker said it appeared the crackdown was driving up the statewide increase.
According to state economists, Broward led the state the increase in new prison commitments in the 2012-13 fiscal year, with new commitments increasing from 1,684 prisoners to 2,182, a 29.6 percent spike.
That trend was continuing in the 2013-14 fiscal year, with Broward leading the state in the number of new prisoners it produced.
"The problem is Broward County," Gaetz said. "It's not a statewide problem. It looks like it's a one-county problem."
What do you think is the problem? The judges? The Sheriff & SAO? Or the PD/Defense Bar?
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