Department of Corrections

According to a presentation, many employees are leaving state government jobs because they’re overworked and underpaid.

The department is asking Tallahassee lawmakers for $5 million to consider where the state should build new prisons — and what those facilities should look like in the future.

The Department of Corrections says the change will reduce the amount of contraband coming into prisons.

The report said officials were aware of abuses at the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala since 2006.

If Florida lawmakers don’t do anything policy wise soon, the state’s prison population could increase. That’s according to a report commissioned by the...

About $5 million separates the Florida House and Senate’s criminal justice budget. But, while there are some differences, there are areas where both...

In a scathing ruling issued Friday, a federal judge found that Florida corrections officials have a “long and sordid history” of failing to treat...

Florida’s correctional facilities are no longer under lockdown and prisoner visitation has now been restored.

Three former Florida correctional officers linked to the Ku Klux Klan have been convicted of first degree murder for planning to murder a black inmate...

The Florida Department of Corrections this week asked a federal judge to reject arguments that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not...

Senate lawmakers say Florida’s prison system is in a crisis. That’s the consensus after a presentation by Department of Corrections Secretary Julie...

The head of the Florida Department of Corrections says her agency is doing its part to help make sure released inmates aren’t targeted by potential...