An off-duty corrections deputy was shot and killed in what authorities are describing as a "targeted" incident on Monday ...

The recommendation by Gov. Shapiro's administration comes amid longer-term national trends of shrinking prison populations.

At least 22 people have died in Florida prisons so far this year according to information from the Florida Department of ...

According to one mother who spoke with her son who is in the jail, inmates screamed out: "We're going to die back here. There ...

Leon Morrell's bond was set at $50K . Morrell was a former captain in the prison system and is accused of a slew of charges ...

Florida Policy Institute says lawmakers need to implement findings from statewide report and fix repairs in Florida prisons.

ALBANY — An investigation into a series of episodes in which state prison workers have been rushed to hospitals after ...

DeSantis issued an initial executive order in September 2022 to activate National Guard members due to staffing shortages at ...

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) have reintroduced the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at ...

The Florida Department of Corrections initially transferred Fucci ... "The Reception and Medical Center West Unit is ...

Harpe said surveys of inmates have helped the department make other improvements. It has achieved some success, as well, in recruiting and retaining correctional officers and other professionals ...

The three inmates ... attacking the correction officers with homemade “shiv” weapons at the max-security prison on Sept. 18. At around 6:20 p.m. that day, the Massachusetts Department of ...