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Why Florida Needs Smart Justice
The Florida Justice Alliance is a political group that advocates for public safety. Florida's misguided criminal justice policies have failed our citizens for decades. Florida has the third largest prison population in the US with over 87,000 in state prison, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year. Our goal it to apply empirical evidence and science to criminal justice. We should be incorporating practices that work, seeking to reintegrate the formerly incarcerated citizens back into the community, better equipped to succeed than they went in. Our overcrowded and understaffed warehouse prisons produce just the opposite.
In our communities, we should be investing in reentry programs that foster success, provide job opportunities, housing options and community support. All these factors will reduce recidivism and make our communities safer. Very often politicians feel they need to take a "tough on crime" posture in order to win votes. They ratchet up already failing policies thinking that's what their constituents want. In fact, their constituents want, and the citizens of Florida need our state to be safer and a better place to live.
Smart Justice Alliance is an association of criminal justice organizations, social scientists and concerned citizens, with a common goal of educating our legislators and our neighbors about smart justice initiatives.
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