With Florida’s prison population expected to increase in the coming decades, a committee in the Florida House approved a measure (PCB JUB 26-02) Monday that would appropriate $250 million to the Department of Corrections to develop new and existing prisons through 2067.
In their proposed budget released last week, the House included $127 million for planning and design of a new 4,800-prisoner facility and adjoining 600-bed hospital unit that would include mental health services.
The Florida Senate does not include a similar appropriation in its proposed fiscal year 2026-’27 budget…