prisoners

In December 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report showing the number of homicides in state and federal institutions in 2019 was almost quadruple that of 2001.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic. Advocates are pushing to limit the practice, citing lasting harm to prisoners' health.

With crowded conditions, notoriously substandard medical care and constantly shifting populations, prisons were ill-equipped to handle the virus, which killed nearly 3,000 prisoners and staff.

The state had already anticipated a reduction in J&J allocations and was using the two-dose Moderna vaccine instead.

Florida’s prison system has had a significant increase in recent days in inmates testing positive for COVID-19, with the overall total approaching 17...

The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday said a dozen inmates died from complications of COVID-19 at eight prisons within the past week. Dade…

Jason Bellows was a Florida inmate on his way out of prison and back into the real world.

A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could affect whether prisoners are counted in drawing voting districts in Florida, an issue that…