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Nurses association sues to block prison health-care outsourcing

The Current reports: A union representing health-care workers has sued to block the outsourcing of health-care services in Florida’s prisons. The Florida Nurses Association, which represents nurses and other health-care workers in Florida prisons, is making similar arguments... Read More

Gainesville Correctional closure delayed until March

The Gainesville Sun reports: The closing of the Gainesville Correctional Institution, set for Wednesday as part of a statewide overhaul of the prison system, has been delayed until March to give the employees more time to request transfers and find work. State Department of Corrections... Read More

Prison privatization bill heads to Senate floor; related bill stalls

The Current reports: The Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday teed up a prison privatization measure for a final vote on the floor, but did not discuss a related measure that would increase the Legislature’s power to privatize agency functions. Members of the Teamsters... Read More

#FLPrisons on Twitter

  1. Corrections Fndn
    Corrections Fndn: Legislators touring Hillsborough CI today. #fldoc #FLPRISONS

  2. Megan McCabe Jarrett
    Megan McCabe Jarrett: RT @CorrectionsFndn: Nurses sue #FLDOC over healthcare privatization http://t.co/V1cOT10V #flprisons

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