MORE BREAKING NEWS....
BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER LOIS WEXLER IS PUTTING AN ITEM ON THEIR MARCH 2OTH, 2012 AGENDA GIVING A 20-YEAR MORATORIUM ON THE BROWARD COUNTY PRISON PLAT.
THIS AGENDA ITEM GIVES THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA MUCH NEEDED COMFORT THAT ANOTHER PRISON ISN'T ON THE HORIZON. ESPECIALLY SINCE THE STATE STATUTES WOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW A PRISON TO BE SIT AT THIS LOCATION ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA CORRECTIONAL REFORM ACT OF 1983.
WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S STATUTE REQUIRING PRISONS TO NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO MILES OF 1000 RESIDENTS AND WITHIN 2 MILES FROM PRESENT AND FUTURE SCHOOLS, BOTH THE BROWARD CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE AND THIS EMPTY BROWARD COUNTY PRISON PLAT NO LONGER FIT THIS DESCRIPTION WITH THE URBAN SPRAWL THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL PLAT ZONES WERE ISSUED. ALTHOUGH THIS PLAT WAS PURCHASED WITH BOND MONEY, THE RE-PAYMENT OF THAT MONEY WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ALLOWING THE COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THIS "MORATORIUM."
The Florida Correctional Reform Act of 1983 --
The Act required the DOC to conduct a statewide comprehensive study to determine its needs for all types of correctional facilities and to develop, in consultation with local governments, siting criteria for the facilities.
The siting criteria developed include:
1. The site should be compatible with existing local comprehensive plans.
2. No more than 1,000 people should live within a two-mile radius of the center of the site.
3. The site should be two miles or more from present or future public or private schools.
4. The site should have a buffer of at least a half mile between the fenced compound and other land uses.
5. The site should be within 15 miles or 30 minutes driving time of the community where staff will live.
6. The development of the site should not impact upon certain natural, historical, and environmental features.
WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S STATUTE REQUIRING PRISONS TO NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN TWO MILES OF 1000 RESIDENTS AND WITHIN 2 MILES FROM PRESENT AND FUTURE SCHOOLS, BOTH THE BROWARD CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE AND THIS EMPTY BROWARD COUNTY PRISON PLAT NO LONGER FIT THIS DESCRIPTION WITH THE URBAN SPRAWL THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL PLAT ZONES WERE ISSUED. ALTHOUGH THIS PLAT WAS PURCHASED WITH BOND MONEY, THE RE-PAYMENT OF THAT MONEY WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ALLOWING THE COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THIS "MORATORIUM."
PLEASE EMAIL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S LETTING THEM KNOW THAT YOU WANT THEM TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER WEXLER'S ITEM! IF YOU CAN ATTEND THE MEETING, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S WILL BE HEARING THIS ITEM AT 11:30 AM IN THE BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL CENTER,115 S. ANDREWS AVE, ROOM 422, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL.
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It's about time someone on the COUNTY COMMISSION took a FIRM STAND!!!Kudos to Commissioner WEXLER. Thank you for a request of a moratorium. We need to visit the commission in person. Let them meet us!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSimple logic question ......
ReplyDeleteWhy does this 1983 act not automatically STOP the current efforts of CCA and ICE to build a prison here ?
Sure, they may have bought the land, BUT they did not build the facility prior to this 1983 ruling.
Thus it would seem they would not be in violation trying to build the prison TODAY in 2012.
For example, you can't purchase a property in 1945, hold it for 60 years and then build on it based on 1945 zoning and building codes.
You must comply with the current regulations.
Only if you BEGAN construction prior to the enactment of a new rule would you be able to claim Ex Post Facto.
It would seem this alone would stop these current CCA/ICE plans.
Unfortunately The Florida Corrections Reform Act covers only the Florida penal system. The proposed CCA/ICE detention prison is a Federal facility and not subject to these rules.
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