We live in such a logical soceity. The good people of Flordia will now get to pay to house this guy, provide him 24 hour a day supervision, heat, power, water, three meals a day, recreation, and all the medical care he could ever want to the tune of about $110 daily. Of course none of this will actually collect any of this money, most people don't find their fortune in prison as it were. Then when released the guy will be less employable than he already was and will be driven into the underground economy for fear of returning to jail. Jails aren't great places if you are a criminal, hell on earth if you aren't adapt to living in that world. But someone gets to feel good because we put someone in jail, so I suppose we should woohoo and pat ourselves on the back. Nietzsche had it right, "distrust those in whom the instinct to punish is strong."
As for advice, you might want to see if you can get some help from a lawyer. The economy might be your salvation from jail. As the budget situation gets worse for states they may be inclined to avoid putting someone in jail for a civil matter.