Florida Corrections Roundup

I'm glad Sheriff Frank McKeithen had the sense to close down the boot camp after Martin Anderson was beaten to death.

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen formally informed state juvenile justice officials Tuesday that he was shutting down the camp he operates under contract with the state.

In a short, three-paragraph letter to Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Anthony J. Schembri, McKeithen defended his youth camp, which has come under heavy fire since Jan. 6, when 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died hours after a 20-minute altercation with about seven or eight officers.

McKeithen said in his letter to Schembri that the boot camp ``concept is a very good idea.''

See the video at CBS News and judge for yourself if the bootcamp was a good idea.

Jeb Bush has assigned Mark Ober to investigate the death.

The Hernando County jail experienced three suicides within 3 months. I blogged before, how guard were not properly making their rounds, at the time of the suicides. Corrections Corporation of America runs the facility. The company has a history of mismanagement. Warden Arvil Chapman has been transferred to Kentucky. My question is why does he still have a job.