05-14-2007, 03:03 PM
While in session the governor and the Florida Legislature passed the anti-crime bill which will
place more criminals in state prisons, and a bill restoring the rights of released offenders. At the
same time the following things occurred at Charlotte Correctional Institution. Officers are being
required to work double shifts (16 hours) because of lack of staff. A sergeant was taken hostage
by an inmate with a homemade knife, two officers were injured by an inmate with a homemade
knife. Another sergeant is assaulted by an inmate who was to be released the next day.
These are things that happen every day at state institutions all over the state. The state budget
calls for corrections officers to receive a one-time "bonus" that will net about $700 after taxes.
The officers of the state have been assaulted again -- this time by the Florida Legislature. It is an
insult to every state law enforcement officer.
place more criminals in state prisons, and a bill restoring the rights of released offenders. At the
same time the following things occurred at Charlotte Correctional Institution. Officers are being
required to work double shifts (16 hours) because of lack of staff. A sergeant was taken hostage
by an inmate with a homemade knife, two officers were injured by an inmate with a homemade
knife. Another sergeant is assaulted by an inmate who was to be released the next day.
These are things that happen every day at state institutions all over the state. The state budget
calls for corrections officers to receive a one-time "bonus" that will net about $700 after taxes.
The officers of the state have been assaulted again -- this time by the Florida Legislature. It is an
insult to every state law enforcement officer.