Beyond 'Stand Your Ground': Florida's Other Racial Profiling Practices

Published October 13, 2013

Beyond 'Stand Your Ground': Florida's Other Racial Profiling Practices
The joint legislation requires local law enforcement agencies to issue guidelines for neighborhood crime-watch programs and stipulates that anyone who provokes a violent confrontation may not hide behind the Stand Your Ground defense. The compromise … Read more on Center For American Progress

Lord's Place helping felons stay clean
But, some local non-profits are trying to break felons out of that cycle. The phones ring off the hook in Charles Hill's … But programs like the one at the Lord's Place can keep felons from committing crimes. Stanley, is now working with … Read more on WPEC

Flagler County Sheriff prefers prevention over detention
“The Corrections Treatment Diversion Program has been quite successful,” he said. “We treat people in jail for 60 … The short-term goal is saving “jail days,” and the program is estimated to have saved Volusia County taxpayers $ 1.65 million during … Read more on Daytona Beach News-Journal