Incarceration in Florida is one of the main forms of punishment, rehabilitation, or both for the commission of felony and other offenses in the state.
Mandatory guidelines such as the 1999 10-20-Life and the 1995 Three-strikes law established minimum sentencing for those convicted of crimes.
[1] Florida passed HB 1371, the Prisoner Release Reoffender Act, in May 1997.
[2] This so-called "two-strikes" law dictates that individuals convicted of certain categories of crime who reoffend within three years is subject to life in prison without parole, even if this is only a second offense, gaining the distinction of, "one of the strictest sentencing laws in the US.
[1] In 2013, 564 people were in prison for driving with a suspended license, in turn, often the result of failure to pay a fine or a fee.