State Reform Profile
Florida
Florida's mandatory minimum laws drive high incarceration. Amendment 4 restored voting rights and recent reforms addressed drug sentencing.
Key Statistics
Incarceration by Race
Incarceration rate per 100,000 residents. Racial estimates based on BJS/Sentencing Project methodology.
Recidivism Rate
Percent of people reincarcerated within 3 years of release. Source: BJS recidivism data series.
Cost vs. Alternatives
Active & Passed Reforms
3 initiativesAmendment 4 – Voting Rights RestorationView full details →
Restored voting rights to 1.4M formerly incarcerated Floridians.
SB 1392 – Drug Policy ReformView full details →
Expanded drug court eligibility and first-offender diversion.
Mental Health Courts ExpansionView full details →
Added 14 new mental health diversion courts across the state.
Data Sources & Methodology
Reform data sourced from state legislative records, BJS Criminal Justice Statistics, the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends dataset, and The Sentencing Project. AltReform prediction scores (0,100) are generated by our ML model trained on 20+ years of state-level reform outcomes, weighting recidivism reduction, racial equity impact, cost-effectiveness, and political feasibility. Statistics are the most recent available (2021,2024).
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