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Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones announced Friday she intends to rebid contracts worth about $1.4 billion with private companies to…
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A panel of Senators got a series of updates on Florida’s troubled prison system, including the status of use-of-force incidences within the...
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An inmate at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution was murdered in 2012 despite multiple pleas to guards and officials for protection, according to a Miami…
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Bringing stability and consistency to the troubled Florida Department of Corrections is at the forefront of several lawmakers’ and prison reform...
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Governor Rick Scott is weighing in on the troubles surrounding the state’s prison system. The Florida Department of Corrections has been in the news...
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Florida’s Chief Inspector General was warned about suspicious inmate deaths in the state’s prison system two years ago, but didn’t take action, the Miami…
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University of South Florida researchers will announce Thursday afternoon that they've determined the identities of two more sets of remains buried on...
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A veteran prison guard with his own rap sheet and a history of alleged abuses was among the 32 officers fired last week by the Florida Department of…
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New Dade Correctional Institution warden Les Odom has announced a variety of upgrades to overhaul the state prison and correct lapses in proper…
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An inmate at the troubled Dade Correctional Institution was found strangled to death in his cell last week, the Miami Herald reports. LavarValentin was…