Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Michael Moore has announced new prison procedures in the wake of the Valdes beating death, including a requirement that all use of force against prisoners be videotaped. However, prison head Michael Moore is hardly an inmates' advocate. He spent more than 25 years working in the Texas prison system, where execution rates are the highest in the country. He began as a guard, then advanced to assistant warden, warden, and finally served as a regional director. Before being brought in by Governor Jeb Bush he worked for the South Carolina corrections department, where he earned the 1997 Strom Thurmond Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement.
Corrections nowadays is a big business.