FLORIDA: Juvenile prisons sit unused around state

[sled]

Juvenile prisons sit unused around state

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/21/State/Juvenile_prisons_sit_.shtml

Demand for such space was high a few years ago, but as the need
dipped, construction went on.

By CURTIS KRUEGER, Times Staff Writer
Published November 21, 2004

INDIANTOWN - The concrete block building rising from the scrub of
rural Martin County has all the features of a modern prison:
sophisticated surveillance system, master control room, full kitchen,
basketball courts, easy-to-clean tile floors and tall fences topped
with razor wire.

(snip)

The $18.1-million, 256-bed complex that was designed to house "high-
risk" juvenile offenders is empty except for a few spiders catching
dragonflies in vacant walkways. Still, the state spends more than
$3,000 a month for electricity and to air condition the building to
keep mold away.

(snip)

The story is similar in Key West, where a 30-bed, $2.1-million section
of a juvenile complex has sat empty since it was built in August 2002.

And in Okeechobee County, a 50-bed, $3.6-million facility also has
been sitting empty since it was finished in August 2002, except for
temporarily housing some youths displaced by a hurricane.

[brainshrub]

1. They know they are going to need the extra room soon.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Yup. Prison building is up evey where in the U.S.A.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Can I sign up for Key West

I really do hate cold weather.

[MuseRider]

4. Damn

my husband and I were hoping that there would not be enough space for all the young ones who decide not to serve. I guess my sons will have someplace warm to go anyway.

[Florida_Geek]

5. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1378755&mesg_id=1378755

[ooglymoogly]

6. why procecute kids as kids when you can procecute them as adults

old rw christian saying