Saying existing law does not provide adequate and independent oversight of the Florida’s Department of Corrections (FDC), two ...

Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County last weekend had their personal contact information shared ...

Florida Department of Corrections and Centurion of Florida sued for failing to provide basic eye surgeries. Christopher O’Donnell is the health and medicine reporter. He can be reached at ...

An appeals court Wednesday shielded the Florida Department of Corrections from a lawsuit alleging that retaliation by officers led to an inmate getting raped.

More than a month after Florida opened "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement spelling out how state corrections officials should handle federal ...

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 ...

Florida will open a second immigration detention facility at Baker Correctional Institution. The 'Deportation Depot' will hold over 1,300 people and use Lake City Gateway Airport for removals. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — This year, Florida has set a record for the number of executions. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed more death warrants this year than any of his predecessors, with 11 people being put ...

Prisoners in the Florida Department of Corrections system are often held under many of the same inhumane conditions present at Alligator Alcatraz. My uncle is one of them. Prisoners in the Florida ...

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...