Florida Department of Corrections

The bill would allow people in Florida’s prisons to use credit hours and coursework toward a license for careers such as cosmetology and plumbing.

The department is looking to hire teachers aides, career and technical education teachers, adult education teachers, and special ed teachers.

With new restrictions on gender-affirming care, prisons confiscate underwear from transgender inmates and compel them to cut their hair.

The Florida Policy Institute on Thursday released a report saying the state Department of Corrections needs an additional $2.2 billion in funding to address critical infrastructure needs.

Akeem Muhammad filed the lawsuit in 2018 while an inmate at Florida State Prison, where he said officials did not provide meals before astronomical twilight.

Jacksonville leaders signed two contracts with Armor Correctional Health Services despite 570 lawsuits and inmate deaths across the country.

The lawsuit claimed the department’s use of solitary confinement violated the constitutional rights of inmates, including inmates with disabilities.

Lawmakers approved a request from the Department of Corrections to free up $31.25 million to be used to pay up to 300 guard members who will be deployed to prisons until July.

A legislative panel will consider a plan that would activate Florida National Guard members to help at prisons, facing staffing shortages.

"Being Michelle" is about a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse. In this interview, members of the documentary's production team discuss her story and the larger issues it raises.

The campaign's photos on Twitter show wives, children and parents posing and smiling with inmates in blue prison uniforms.

The retirements of the leaders of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Elder Affairs had not been previously announced.