The Most Depressing Page On Facebook The UCI and FSP Death Row page didnt start out as place for faces of the dead. It was intended as an information source for people looking to visit loved ones at the Union Correctional Institution and Florida State Prison in Raiford—the neighboring facilities where male death row prisoners are confined. The page description is chirpy enough: This site is a positive attempt to make everyones visits at UCI and FSP as wonderful as possible. A map on the page points out the gas station where visitors line up their cars in advance of visiting hours, which begin at 7 a.m. Posts from the pages inception, in late 2010, feature menus and lists of what sort of food is and isnt available in the visitors park. Its wall quotes letters from inmates about problems with the electricity being turned off at night, and black mold growing in the bathrooms. But since Scott took office, and especially since his signing last year of the Timely Justice Act, designed to hasten the executions of longtime prisoners, the pace of the killings has accelerated, turning the visitors page into a regular feed of loss: of lost food fights, lost appeals, lost souls, and RIP posts for the condemned. So far during Scotts first term, 17 people have been executed, a state record. Two more executions have been scheduled—for June 18 and July 10. The grim feed is likely to continue as long as Scott, who is aiming for a second term in November, remains in office.motherjones/politics/2014/06/most-depressing-facebook-page-florida-death-penalty
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:14:41 +0000
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