Jeb Bush-appointed task force says state needs more faith-based prisons

[seafan]

Jeb's use of his *task force* du jour to push an iron-fisted agenda is coming to a thankful end.



Task force says state needs more faith-based prisons

BY BRENDAN FARRINGTON
ASSOCIATED PRESS

December 19, 2006

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The state should create more faith-based prisons and prepare a better exit strategy for all prisoners if it wants to lower the number of inmates who get released only to commit more crime, a task force recommended Tuesday.

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"We all too often put ex-offenders back on the streets with no plan for them to successfully re-enter the community. No homes, no job prospects and no support," said Vicki Lopez Lukis, who chaired the Ex-Offender Task Force appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush. "Even if they want to go straight after they're released, they're sucked back into the crowd that got them into trouble."

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The state should also expand by six the number of faith-based prisons. It now has one each for men and women. There are more than 8,000 inmates on a waiting list to get into the faith-based prisons, said Henree Martin, who served on the task force.

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The task force said that of the nearly 90,000 inmates in state prisons, 44 percent had been released after serving a previous sentence and then got caught after committing another crime.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Because people of "faith" never commit crimes.

Jim Bakker, anyone?

[bianca2001]

2. 2007

is taking forever getting here. At least we Floridians will have one
less *.

Sorry my hometown (St. Pete) produced Crist.

[bianca2001]

4. Don't be surprised

when he throws his hat into the '08 Presidential Race. He's been on
TV an awful lot lately. Then there is that 'crying scene' of Daddy *.

Makes one wonder, doesn't it?

[Bill McBlueState]

3. does that mean they'll have faith-based walls and gates?

Somehow I don't see those working as well as the reality-based kind.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Is there any chance they will have pearly gates?

[EC]

6. Well, gee I wonder why they have a hard time going straight,

could it be no jobs, no place to live etc.? He's not interested in rehab, he's more interested in building his own little army of people with little conscience or opportunities....