In today’s climate of mass incarceration and lack of accountability, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an ...

A judge will re-examine key evidence in the murder case of Tommy Zeigler, who has been on death row since being convicted in ...

RAIFORD, Fla. – Richard Randolph died by lethal injection Thursday at 6:12 p.m. inside the Union Correctional Institution. More than three decades ago, he was sentenced to death for the rape and ...

Seven Florida correctional officers have been charged with battery, excessive use of force and other offenses after allegedly beating a handcuffed inmate at Dade Correctional Institution in Florida ...

A nearly two-year investigation into a Panhandle state prison has concluded that overcrowding and understaffing has resulted ...

WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - At least six Florida Department of Corrections officers were arrested on charges ranging from battery on a detainee to perjury and evidence tampering, according to ...

State corrections officers bond out of jail after arrests for alleged inmate abuse MIAMI — A group of Florida Department of Corrections officers covered up an inmate’s battery in a prison cell in ...

The FDC is providing a $5,000 hiring bonus at 15 correctional institutions, in addition to the $1,000 bonus already offered ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old death row inmate for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of executions. Samuel Smithers was put to death by ...

Bryan Jennings, a former US Marine who 46 years ago raped and killed a six-year-old Merritt Island girl, is scheduled to die Thursday, Nov. 13, by lethal injection at 6 p.m. The Florida Supreme Court ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A new report by the Orange County Corrections Department Research Unit showcasing the county facility's “Average Daily Population with ICE Detainers” found that the number of ...