August 26, 2011
Florida Gov asks state prison director to resign over privatization, other problems
Florida's prison chief was forced to abruptly resign Wednesday after a series of clashes with Gov. Rick Scott.
Edwin Buss, who had been head of the Indiana prison system before coming to Florida, had been on the job six months. But in a statement, the Scott administration said that "differences in philosophy and management styles arose which made the separation in the best interests of the state."
In recent weeks, Buss had come under fire for how the Department of Corrections was handling some of its privatization efforts as well as a decision to approve a contract granting a cable network access to a state prison for a prison reality series. The contract for MSNBC's "Lockup" was put on hold by the governor's office...
LINK - MiamiHerald.com
