Immediate Need for FDOC officers in support of 65% Gain-time, right now

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April 17, 2019, 11:30 pm

The Florida Senate Bill SB 642 was amended yesterday to go from 85% gain time to 65%, retroactively, for only non-violent crimes. We need FDOC officers to testify at Senate tomorrow, April 18, that 65% for all prisoners is by far the best for officer safety.


At 65% for all, any loss of gain-time for disrespect or disobedience of FDOC officer will result in day-for-day increase in prison stay. You know that at 85%, prisoners can run wild and earn no gain-time for 40% of sentence and then be good and get out at 85%. And those who cannot earn any Gain-time, where is any motivation to follow rules. Best "weapon" FDOC front line officers can have is ability to threaten to take away meaningful gain-time.

What do you all think? Will 65% for all make your life safer and better and make prisoners follow the rules better than now?

Sheriff Association opposed to 65%. Easy for them to say, someone who never worked unarmed in n open dorm


Need answers fast, and some willing to testify at Senate hearing tomorrow. FDOC testimony would swing to 65% for all, not just non-violent. Wouldn't you rather have violent crime prisoners motivated to behave well?

See page 64 at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil...s00642.acj.PDF

Senate meeting packet here, https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/...ingNotice/4605

CB 642 hearing likely near noon, but could be at 9 am

email to Jazzy13309@gmail.com for details. Hearing is tomorrow morning at Senate in Tallahassee.

[Unregistered]

April 17, 2019, 11:30 pm

The Florida Senate Bill SB 642 was amended yesterday to go from 85% gain time to 65%, retroactively, for only non-violent crimes. We need FDOC officers to testify at Senate tomorrow, April 18, that 65% for all prisoners is by far the best for officer safety.


At 65% for all, any loss of gain-time for disrespect or disobedience of FDOC officer will result in day-for-day increase in prison stay. You know that at 85%, prisoners can run wild and earn no gain-time for 40% of sentence and then be good and get out at 85%. And those who cannot earn any Gain-time, where is any motivation to follow rules. Best "weapon" FDOC front line officers can have is ability to threaten to take away meaningful gain-time.

What do you all think? Will 65% for all make your life safer and better and make prisoners follow the rules better than now?

Sheriff Association opposed to 65%. Easy for them to say, someone who never worked unarmed in n open dorm


Need answers fast, and some willing to testify at Senate hearing tomorrow. FDOC testimony would swing to 65% for all, not just non-violent. Wouldn't you rather have violent crime prisoners motivated to behave well?

See page 64 at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil...s00642.acj.PDF

Senate meeting packet here, https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/...ingNotice/4605

CB 642 hearing likely near noon, but could be at 9 am

email to Jazzy13309@gmail.com for details. Hearing is tomorrow morning at Senate in Tallahassee.

Or the FDOC run its prisons like the Black Dolphin Prison in Russia. Also, how about another pay increase

[Unregistered]

April 17, 2019, 11:30 pm

The Florida Senate Bill SB 642 was amended yesterday to go from 85% gain time to 65%, retroactively, for only non-violent crimes. We need FDOC officers to testify at Senate tomorrow, April 18, that 65% for all prisoners is by far the best for officer safety.


At 65% for all, any loss of gain-time for disrespect or disobedience of FDOC officer will result in day-for-day increase in prison stay. You know that at 85%, prisoners can run wild and earn no gain-time for 40% of sentence and then be good and get out at 85%. And those who cannot earn any Gain-time, where is any motivation to follow rules. Best "weapon" FDOC front line officers can have is ability to threaten to take away meaningful gain-time.

What do you all think? Will 65% for all make your life safer and better and make prisoners follow the rules better than now?

Sheriff Association opposed to 65%. Easy for them to say, someone who never worked unarmed in n open dorm


Need answers fast, and some willing to testify at Senate hearing tomorrow. FDOC testimony would swing to 65% for all, not just non-violent. Wouldn't you rather have violent crime prisoners motivated to behave well?

See page 64 at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil...s00642.acj.PDF

Senate meeting packet here, https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/...ingNotice/4605

CB 642 hearing likely near noon, but could be at 9 am

email to Jazzy13309@gmail.com for details. Hearing is tomorrow morning at Senate in Tallahassee.

How about a big pay raise? No FDOC officer really cares about this since they are paid poverty wages

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Because 65% retro Gain-time will also save $500 million per year in prisoner costs, so free up money to pay Correctional Officers better, with a better C.O. to prisoner ratio. Low paid or not, 65% better motivates prisoners to behave well.

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Because 65% retro Gain-time will also save $500 million per year in prisoner costs, so free up money to pay Correctional Officers better, with a better C.O. to prisoner ratio. Low paid or not, 65% better motivates prisoners to behave well.

The FDC management will simply reduce staffing through attrition and a pause in hiring to bring the labor costs down rather than using the extra money for a raise.

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The only thing that would excite me is a pay raise. These dirty rats never talk about paying people a living wage with annual COLA's so we can survive. I don't give a hoot about 65% or 90%, I WANT A FUC$ING PA RAISE!

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I remember 5 or 6 years ago my CA came to a office staff meeting and promised us a raise because the Department was saving millions using state cars instead of paying us mileage. Where's my raise Pam?

[Unregistered]

To things about your statement. First, your CA was a dumb azz to promise this to you and the staff. Secondly, you were a dumb azz for believing it.

[Unregistered]

To things? Seriously.

[Unregistered]

April 17, 2019, 11:30 pm

The Florida Senate Bill SB 642 was amended yesterday to go from 85% gain time to 65%, retroactively, for only non-violent crimes. We need FDOC officers to testify at Senate tomorrow, April 18, that 65% for all prisoners is by far the best for officer safety.


At 65% for all, any loss of gain-time for disrespect or disobedience of FDOC officer will result in day-for-day increase in prison stay. You know that at 85%, prisoners can run wild and earn no gain-time for 40% of sentence and then be good and get out at 85%. And those who cannot earn any Gain-time, where is any motivation to follow rules. Best "weapon" FDOC front line officers can have is ability to threaten to take away meaningful gain-time.

What do you all think? Will 65% for all make your life safer and better and make prisoners follow the rules better than now?

Sheriff Association opposed to 65%. Easy for them to say, someone who never worked unarmed in n open dorm


Need answers fast, and some willing to testify at Senate hearing tomorrow. FDOC testimony would swing to 65% for all, not just non-violent. Wouldn't you rather have violent crime prisoners motivated to behave well?

See page 64 at https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil...s00642.acj.PDF

Senate meeting packet here, https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/...ingNotice/4605

CB 642 hearing likely near noon, but could be at 9 am

email to Jazzy13309@gmail.com for details. Hearing is tomorrow morning at Senate in Tallahassee.

GREAT! Let FCOR supervise them all too.