Inmate welfare bills advancing

Last year the Department of Corrections celebrated 55 GED graduates at Hardee Correctional Institution. The department wants to expand educational programming within Florida prisons by expanding the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. Photo: Florida Department of Corrections.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Two bills making their way through the Florida Legislature would expand the Department of Corrections’ inmate Welfare Trust Fund. The department’s leadership said it wants to use the money to finance inmate education, substance abuse and other programs. The fund, which receives revenue from canteen sales, vending machines,…

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