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Fla. DOC required to verify inmates’ early release

Department will now have to verify the orders with the judge issuing the release orders

By C1 Staff

TALLAHASSEE – A new bill now requires the Florida Department of Corrections to verify the authenticity of prisoner release orders involving reduced sentences.

According to MyNews13, this comes after two inmates used forged documents to escape from a prison in the Panhandle last year.

The department will now have to verify the orders with the judge issuing the release orders.