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Don’t cut corners on Dept. of Corrections health funding

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As the Legislature’s “big chairs” meet this weekend to try to take the 2016-17 state budget in for a landing, there are few issues more pressing and in the public eye than fixing Florida’s ailing Department of Corrections and prison system in general. The department has gained a reputation for cutting corners in a way that has put inmates – and our correctional system’s reputation – at risk. One key area of need is DOC health care, a matter of heightened…

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