Florida prison system

Dignity Florida is backing bills aimed to change how pregnant incarcerated women are treated. The push comes after a woman gave birth alone in a jail cell.

The Florida Department of Corrections is asking state legislators to increase its budget so it can address long-standing issues with the treatment of...

This last May was the hottest ever recorded in the Sunshine State. That was followed by higher-than-average temperatures in June and July. The scorching...

By News Service of FloridaNearly two months after the Southern Poverty Law Center sued the Florida Department of Corrections for "widely overusing"…

Female inmates will now get basic hygiene products such as pads and tampons for free after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed challenging the use of solitary confinement in Florida prisons.

After admitting they failed to adequately screen prisoners for the highly contagious disease, Florida corrections officials are challenging a federal…

Serial killer Bobby Joe Long is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in the 1984 murder of Michelle Simms in Hillsborough…

Access to healthcare inside South Florida prisons and jails is under renewed scrutiny after a pregnant woman with a mental illness delivered her child...

Florida is an “outlier” in prison systems across the nation when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, according to a 90-page federal lawsuit...