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The former Dade Correctional CO was found guilty of second-degree murder
The Florida Department of Corrections said the officers are now under criminal investigation
In addition to the hiring incentive, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office will fund training for non-certified corrections recruits
The suspect, who had just escaped from the Glades County Jail exercise yard, stole a truck that was running while unoccupied and led deputies on a pursuit
Two prisoner transport vehicles and a civilian vehicle crashed in Pompano Beach
Equipping Florida correctional institutions with a proper HVAC system could take up to 20 years to complete and would require the state spend $582 million
The auditing firm recommends the DOC build three new prisons and two new hospitals over the next 20 years, and close four aging prisons
The Broward County sheriff’s deputies will be fired as they face charges of alleged $500,000 fraud from federal aid programs meant to cushion COVID-19 impact
Michael Zack III, 54, was put to death for killing two women during a 9-day series of crimes in 1996
Sheriff Grady Judd: “I am glad he (Johnson) hasn’t enjoyed a day of freedom since then, but the truth is, he should have been executed by the State a long time ago.”
Speech-to-text technology scans incoming and outgoing calls for the state’s 80,000 inmates with automatic searching for select keywords
An autopsy concluded that Stephen Todd Booker, 69, who became a published poet while serving on death row, died of acute fentanyl toxicity
Editorial board believes sweltering conditions are contributing to a high quit rate among prison guards
The Florida DOC lifted uniform restrictions allowing incarcerated people to wear shorts and a single-layer shirt in response to hotter-than-average temperatures
James Phillip Barnes, 61, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke
COs assigned to the unit at the United States Penitentiary Coleman responded to Nassar’s cell and performed what officials said were life-saving measures
The United States Penitentiary Coleman is experiencing staffing shortages; The COs assigned to the unit where Nassar was held were working mandated OT shifts
“You can see the exhaustion in the officers. It doesn’t help they’re so short-staffed and there’s no break for them”
The Florida DOC plans to allocate $1 million to a new program that will make a small number of phone calls free for some inmates
Individuals who receive the bonus must maintain uninterrupted full-time employment with a Florida law enforcement agency for two consecutive years
Donald Santini’s 39-year run from justice came to a quiet end when deputies led him in handcuffs into a Hillsborough County jail
Officer Keith Lynch, an Army veteran and CO for the past 16 years, has expressed interest in an emotional support dog
Of the more than 290 people on Florida’s death row, Duane Owen was one of the longest held there
The plan called for John Manchec’s employees to pepper-spray correction officers and take him to his private plane so that he could fly to France
The new law no longer requires unanimous jury recommendations for judges to impose death-penalty sentences
After being brought into the death chamber, Darryl Barwick said, “I can’t explain why I did what I did. It’s time to apologize to the family ... I’m sorry”
Gov. Ron DeSantis also signed a bill to end a unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing
Sarasota County Jail staff attempted to revive the wounded inmate, but he was pronounced dead
Darryl B. Barwick set to be executed next month for 1986 murder of Florida Panhandle resident, Rebecca Wendt