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6/10/08: Liberty Correctional Institution

From: Dan Nase
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 4:34 PM
To: Jeremy Vaughn
Subject: My deepest Appreciation

I want to thank the administration, staff and officers for "going the extra mile" today by permitting the Hispanic Service to take place in the absences of the Chaplains because of other commitments. Professionalism was exhibited by Sgt. W. Kelly (control room), Sgt. T. Houston (my escort) and especially Officer R. Everett. Officer Everett secured the Chapel keys, opened the Chapel and then went the EXTRA MILE by escorting me down to center gate to inform Officer Messer that Spanish Bible Study would indeed be held in the Chapel. Officer Everett stayed with us until the arrival of Chaplain H. Taylor... who I understand was at a meeting with Warden Palmer.

It would have been a shame for this Spanish volunteer, Dan Nase, to have driven 50 miles from my home in Tallahassee fueled by $4.00 a gallon gasoline and not to have been able to conduct our study entitled "Reconciling our Relationship with God and our Fellow Man." The event proved to be very meaningful to the men in attendance and during communion everyone thanked God for the opportunity to have been able to worship the Son of the living God, Jesus Christ, in their native tongue.

Thank you so much for the courtesy and consideration extended to me by your Officers. I have never been disappointed with the decisions and actions of the Officers and Staff at Liberty CI over these past 6 years. Please pass on my gratitude and thanks to the aforementioned officers and especially Officer R. Everett.

Sincerely,

Daniel R. Nase III
Hispanic Volunteer

Sergeant Wanda Kelley	Sergeant Terrence Houston	Correctional Officer Robert Everett

 The Chapel at Liberty C.I.

• The Florida Department of Corrections is the third largest state prison system, after California and Texas .  The department’s annual budget is over 2 Billion dollars ($2,064,537,661.00).   The prison system is divided into 4 regions and is staffed by 26,083 employees, 76.1% of whom are correctional officers.

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• 90, 423 offenders are kept in 135 state facilities.  In addition, another 151,096 offenders are under community supervision.

• 59 major institutions

• 76 work camps and community-based facilities  

• 171 probation offices        

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• Custody levels include:  Community Custody, Minimum Custody, Medium Custody, Close Custody, Close Management, Protective Management, Death Row

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• 33,348 inmates were released last year after completing 85.5% of their sentence

• 32% will be back in prison with a new offense within 24 months

• 35,098 new inmates were admitted into the system last year

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• 44% of all inmates admitted had a prior Florida commitment

• 11.5% of new inmates were female; 46.7% were black, 50.1% were white; 3.1% other, but mainly Hispanic

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• Cost per inmate per day at a major facility was $52.06

• Cost per inmate per year was $19,002.00 (the national average is around $23,000.00/yr)

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• 376 inmates on Death Row; 62.1% are white, 1 female

• 44,718 random drug tests were administered resulting in 883 positive tests.

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