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A dozen inmates were sent back to prison for various violations and Goodwill was ordered to tighten up its security and oversight after law enforcement officers searched residents’ rooms at the Largo Residential Re-entry Center on Jan. 7. As of Jan. 31, 46 violent inmates were residents at the facility.

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