Inmate Labor Policies Up for Reevaluation

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Inmate Labor Policies Up for Reevaluation

Last month correctional officer Donna Fitzgerald was stabbed to death by an inmate at Tomoka Correctional Institute.

The inmate was serving two life sentences and working in a program aimed at teaching inmates skills they can use when they leave prison.

Some say inmates serving life sentences shouldn't be allowed to enroll in labor programs.

David Murrell of the Florida Police Benevolence Association says,

"It makes no sense to put a violent person serving a life sentence in a position like that, especially dealing with heavy metals that they could make weapons. The whole policy needs to be changed. Lifers don't need to be involved in that program."

The DOC and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating Fitzgerald's death.