Florida Smart Justice Alliance

Formation of the Florida Smart Justice Alliance is the latest development in justice reform advocacy in Florida. The Alliance is an outgrowth of Associated Industries of Florida’s Smart Justice Council, which was created to place greater advocacy emphasis on changes to improve public safety while reducing costs to the taxpayers.

The seeds of the Smart Justice Alliance were planted in the last decade, when Florida business leaders recognized that the state’s approach to criminal justice was costing too much without effectively reducing recidivism. Members of the business community convened a Justice Summit in 2009, and came away resolved to find a better way. Led by such visionary organizations as Florida TaxWatch, Associated Industries of Florida and the Collins Center for Public Policy, these leaders are working to produce smart, reasonable and common-sense policy that enhances public safety through proven cost-effective measures that ensure offender accountability.