inmate death

The contractor's troubled history is a concern as the state investigates after the death of an inmate who did not receive needed transplant meds. The company has 570 lawsuits and several inmate deaths under its watch.

A deputy and a jail nurse have been disciplined after a Florida inmate overdosed on heroin and fentanyl. Lorraine Gardner died in September after…

An autopsy is being performed on 29-year-old man who died in a Pinellas County jail.The Pinellas County Sheriff's office said Stephen Gregory James was…

No correctional officers are responsible for the scalding hot shower death of mentally ill inmate Darren Rainey. That’s according to Miami Dade’s State...

A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the 12-year-old daughter of a Florida inmate who was reportedly gassed while in a confinement…

The head of Florida’s troubled prison system is asking for the release of the findings into the case of a mentally ill inmate who died in the...

A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by five Department of Corrections investigators who claimed they were retaliated against for exposing…

An inmate at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution was murdered in 2012 despite multiple pleas to guards and officials for protection, according to a Miami…

Six months after the Miami Herald started investigating suspicious deaths of inmates -- and as the Florida prison system continues its path to become the…

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…