Greg Evers, Entire Senate Committee Headed To Prison

February 14, 2011

The entire Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee is headed to prison, including our local senator, Greg Evers, R-Baker.

But it has nothing to do with corruption or wrongdoing; it’s just a short visit.

Evers, chairman of the committee, has scheduled a Monday site visit to the privately-owned Graceville Correctional Facility in Jackson County. Lawmakers are expected to seriously discuss additional prison privatization this year as they look to balance the budget, and Gov. Rick Scott has proposed pushing more of the state’s prisoners into private facilities.

Graceville is operated by Corrections Corporation of America.

Pictured/Graphic: Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker.

Comments

4 Responses to “Greg Evers, Entire Senate Committee Headed To Prison”

  1. State DOC Officer on April 11th, 2011 9:01 am

    CCA Hahaha I almost fell out of my chair laughing. They are business people not prison officials. They dont run prisons the inmates do. I know officers at CCA that are afraid to hose a inmate because their job may be in jeopardy if they use force. This is sick!! I am very disgusted. Please help by not helping privatize, in fact kick CCA out of our great state and send the yellow bellies packing to TN. How about a raise Sen. Evers??? Come visit us and see a real prison whenever youre ready

  2. State worker on February 14th, 2011 2:03 pm

    They always want to look at changing things like the DOC retirement no one buts there lives everyday we walk through those prison gates like we do. You white collar people sit in your big offices making all this money and we haven’t had a raise in six years but no one is even attempting to gives us one all you all are doing is trying to see what all you can cut so it puts more in your pockets. Selfish is what I call it and your going home every night to your families but we just have to hope and pray the way we walk through the gate we walk out in the same manner. If you wanna do something pay us overtime leave our retirement alone and go to ten hour shifts that may help out especially with the shortage of staff

  3. dirtroadninja on February 14th, 2011 1:46 pm

    You got me. Haha

  4. James on February 14th, 2011 8:39 am

    They can keep him there….

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