Our Change.org petition which calls for retroactive repeal of the PRR: Petition · State Of Florida Repeal The Mandatory Minimum Prison Releasee Reoffender Law! · Change.org
Chapter 97-239, Committee Substitute for HB 1371 (PRR Act Law): http://laws.flrules.org/1997/239
1999 Amendment to the PRR, House Bill 121, a.k.a. Three-Strike Violent Felony Offender Act: http://laws.flrules.org/1999/188
2001 Amendment to the PRR, Senate Bill 676: C:DATAACROBATBILLSTEXT_S0676__ (myfloridahouse.gov)
2002 Amendment to the PRR, House Bill 1399: _h1399__.html (myfloridahouse.gov)
2019 Amendment to the PRR, House Bill 7125, a.k.a. the Florida First Step Act; starts on page 80: _h7125er.docx (myfloridahouse.gov)
Link to Florida DOC Public Records Request Center: https://floridadoc.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(vh0makcem4ow4f5iipygb5g0))/SupportHome.aspx
The High Cost of Incarceration in Florida: Recommendations for Reform, Lauren Galik, Reason Foundation, April 2015: https://reason.org/wp-content/uploads/files/florida_prison_reform.pdf
Lower Costs and Less Crime, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Reform Options for Florida, Florida Tax Watch, May 2016 (downloadable PDF at this link): https://floridataxwatch.org/Research/Full-Library/ArtMID/34407/ArticleID/15679/Lower-Costs–Less-Crime
Locked Up, Then Locked Out; Florida Tax Watch, July 2016 (downloadable PDF at this link): https://floridataxwatch.org/Research/Full-Library/ArtMID/34407/ArticleID/15675/Locked-Up-then-Locked-Out
Discretion on the Bench; Florida Tax Watch Report on A Safety Valve for Mandatory Minimums, September 2016 (downloadable PDF link available): https://floridataxwatch.org/Research/Full-Library/ArtMID/34407/ArticleID/15668/Discretion-on-the-Bench
A Path Forward, Challenges and Opportunities for Florida Sentencing and Corrections Policy, Leah Sakala and Ryan King, Urban Institute, November 2016 (downloadable PDF available): https://www.urban.org/research/publication/path-forward
Corrections in Context, Florida Tax Watch, January 2017: https://floridataxwatch.org/Research/Full-Library/ArtMID/34407/ArticleID/15656/Corrections-in-Context
ACLU Blueprint for Smart Justice–Florida, 2018: https://50stateblueprint.aclu.org/assets/reports/SJ-Blueprint-FL.pdf
Crime and Justice Institute, Data-Driven Solutions to Improve Florida’s Criminal Justice System, February 2018: https://www.crj.org/publication/data-driven-solutions-improve-floridas-criminal-justice-system/
Beyond Crime and Punishment: A Movement to Stop Florida’s Endless Prison Cycle and Heal Communities, CD Davidson-Hiers, Florida Phoenix, December 2018: https://floridaphoenix.com/2018/12/05/beyond-crime-and-punishment-a-movement-to-stop-floridas-endless-prison-cycle-and-heal-communities/
OPPAGA Diverting Low-Risk Offenders From Florida’s Prisons, January 2019 (downloadable report): https://oppaga.fl.gov/Products/ReportDetail?rn=19-01
Study: Mandatory Minimums Cost Florida $100 Million as Deaths, Arrests Rise, Florida Politics, Jacob Ogles, February 2019: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/288778-mandatory-sentencing-costs-florida/
Smart Reforms to Prison Time Served Requirements in Florida, Leah Sakala, Urban Institute, March 2019: https://www.urban.org/research/publication/smart-reforms-prison-time-served-requirements-florida
An Analysis of Florida’s Criminal Punishment Code, Crime and Justice Institute, Prepared for the Florida Legislature, June 2019: https://www.cjinstitute.org/publication/an-analysis-of-floridas-criminal-punishment-code/
OPPAGA Florida Correctional Facilities Report, October 2019: https://oppaga.fl.gov/Products/ReportDetail?rn=19-08
Parole and Early Release, November 2019 (report on Florida): https://oppaga.fl.gov/Documents/Reports/19-13.pdf
Florida DOC 2019 Report on the Criminal Punishment Code: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/scoresheet/Criminal%20Punishment%20Code%202019.pdf
Five Things About Deterrence, National Institute of Justice, May 2016: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf
The Practical Case for Parole for Violent Offenders, Marc Morje Howard, The New York Times, August 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/opinion/violent-offender-parole-sentencing-reform.html
What Exactly Do We Want From Prisons, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2018: https://www.inquirer.com/philly/opinion/editorials/pennsylvania-prison-reform-life-without-parole-sharif-street-larry-krasner-20180921.html
The Myth That Crimes Rises as Prisons Shrink, Charis Kubrin and Bradley Bartos, September 2018: https://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-california-proposition-47-downsizing-prisons-crime-rates.html
Uncommon Empathy, Keith Wattley of Uncommon Law Interview, Obama Foundation Fellow, October 2018: https://www.obama.org/fellowship/keith-wattley-interview/
The Next Step: Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes, The Sentencing Project, 2019: https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/the-next-step-ending-excessive-punishment-for-violent-crimes/
The Case for Capping All Prison Sentences at 20 Years, German Lopez, Vox, February 2019: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/12/18184070/maximum-prison-sentence-cap-mass-incarceration
Explaining the Past and Projecting Future Crime Rates, James Austin, Todd Clear and Richard Rosenfeld, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, September 2020: https://www.hfg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/pastandfuturecrimerates.pdf
No End In Sight: America’s Enduring Reliance on Life Imprisonment, The Sentencing Project, 2021: https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/no-end-in-sight-americas-enduring-reliance-on-life-imprisonment/
Resources from the Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform: Resources (betterjusticefl.com)
Florida Department of Corrections Public Records Center: Support Home Page (govqa.us)
FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Homepage | FAMM
The Marshall Project: The Marshall Project
The Sentencing Project: The Sentencing Project
OPPAGA (The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability): Provides data to the Florida Legislature; https://oppaga.fl.gov
Florida Policy Institute’s Criminal Justice Reports: Florida Policy Institute
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-caused-crime-decline
Do Longer Prison Sentences Make Us Safer/Deter Crime?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180514-do-long-prison-sentences-deter-crime
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-prisons-make-us-safer/
https://www.businessinsider.com/report-says-long-sentences-dont-deter-crime-2014-5
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/do-harsher-punishments-deter-crime
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence
https://eji.org/news/study-finds-increased-incarceration-does-not-reduce-crime/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1701544114
https://www.thoughtco.com/harsh-punishment-backfires-researcher-says-972976
Federal Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) page for Florida which provides links to victims’ services around the State: Florida | State Support | Office for Victims of Crime (ojp.gov)
Alliance for Safety and Justice: Crime Survivors Speak, A National Survey on Victims’ Views on Safety and Justice: http://allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/CrimeSurvivorsSpeak/
Crime Survivors Speak: Florida Victim’s Views on Safety and Justice, Alliance for Safety and Justice Brief, February 2018: https://allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ASJ_FloridaCrimeSurvivorBrief-online.pdf
Florida Department of Correction’s Re-Entry Resource Directory where you can search for services by category, county, city, circuit and/or zip code: Resource Directory (state.fl.us)
Recommended Reading:
Building the Prison State (heatherschoenfeld.com)
Florida PRR Families United 