Advocates in Florida Push for Tickets for Some Crimes Instead of Jail

Advocates in Florida push for tickets for some crimes instead of jail

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According to a January 2011 report by the Associated Industries of Florida Foundation, the success of the juvenile diversion programs in Leon and Miami-Dade "suggested that the number of juveniles processed through the system could be reduced by 40 …
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Jacksonville Beach mother paralyzed by stray bullet keeps the faith

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The 25-year-old Jacksonville Beach mother had simply taken her mother's dog for a late night stroll when she got caught in the crossfire of a drug-related gunbattle Oct. 15, leaving her world full of confusion, fear and sadness. What's missing, at …
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Son held in murder of mom, boyfriend at Oldsmar home

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Shibata and her boyfriend, Kelley Allen, also 49, a popular swim coach, were so concerned for their safety they removed all the knives from their home before Bishop returned in September from a 10-month stint at a rehab center. Startled by her son that …
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Restaurant’s Unusual Rehabilitation Approach – Restaurant Has Unusual Staff – as part of the news series by GeoBeats. A restaurant in Lake Worth, Florida employs former drug addicts as an adjunct to a variety of other rehabilitation practices. Doctor Robert Moran, who owns Moran’s Italian Burger Bistro along with the nearby drug rehabilitation clinic, Wellington Retreat said: “It occurred to me that we were missing something in our program, and that was the occupational piece,” Moran said his patients were having trouble finding and keeping a job. Just under half of the employees are also patients at Wellington Retreat, and 31 out of 36 suffer from mental illness. Employees at the Burger Bistro might get second and third chances if they come to work under the influence, because of the nature of the establishment. In another example of out-of-the-box rehabilitation practice, “Real Men Crochet” is a program started in 2008 for inmates at the Lebanon Correctional Institute in Ohio where they are allowed a crochet needle and yarn in order to create hand made crafts for donation. The hats, mittens, scarves and blankets knitted by these murderers and felons are all donated to charities including Veterans Hospitals, and homeless shelters among others.