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Florida Commission’s parole supervision can turn on personality, perception
By Deirdra Funcheon
JJIE.org
While most Florida Commission on Offender Review decisions are made during hearings without the inmate present, parolees whose supervision terms are being reviewed sometimes do show up in person. -
Florida Commission decides medical release for very sick inmates, but doesn’t meet them
By Deirdra Funcheon
FloridaBulldog.org
Some inmates deemed “terminally ill” or “permanently incapacitated” and not a danger to themselves or others are referred by the Department of Corrections to have their cases heard by the Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR), a three-person panel, and be considered for conditional medical release (CMR). -
Three on Florida commission decide parole for thousands of inmates
By Deirdra Funchson
JJIE
Whether or not to let certain inmates out of prison is a decision that falls to the Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR), consisting of three commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate. -
As Florida jails more kids than any other state, criminal justice reform is again on the table in Tallahassee
By Deirdra Funcheon
Thanks to decades of tough-on-crime policies, Florida now has the third-largest prison population in the United States — nearly 100,000 people, including more minors than any other state. Florida requires people to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences and has abolished parole. All this costs taxpayers $2.4 billion per year. -
Fraud allegations against Florida developer/political donor with ties to Trump, Kushner
By Deirdra Funcheon
FloridaBulldog.org
When Nicholas Mastroianni II appeared on stage at a real estate forum in Shanghai in 2016, the other panelists — including ex-New York governor George Pataki – deferred to him as the expert on the U.S. government’s EB-5 program, which allows foreign investors and their family members to get their green cards, and eventually citizenship, if they invest at least $500,000 in certain U.S.-based projects.
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