Florida Prisons

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

The FBI says the inmate left behind his DNA after licking the envelope to seal it, along with a palm print.

Under Florida law and court rulings, most felons — except those convicted of murder or sexual offenses — can register and vote after they completed their prison terms and no longer owe any unpaid fines or court fees.

An investigation revealed a flawed voter registration system in Florida, nearly two years after dueling court battles over how to implement a state constitutional amendment that allowed felons to vote legally without going through a complex process to have their rights restored.

Each owed a few hundred dollars in unpaid court fees in prior felony cases when they registered as voters or cast ballots in the last presidential election, according to court records, which would have made them ineligible under Florida law.

They range from proposed funding for public schools to money that would go toward cancer research.

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

They spent more than seven months — including filing a federal lawsuit that is still pending — trying to get permission for an in-person ceremony.

In a tweet, Sen. Keith Perry says he aims to create a prison environment where "people leave better than when they came in."

As Florida Prison Poet Laureate, Christopher Malec serves as the voice from behind prison walls.

The state had already anticipated a reduction in J&J allocations and was using the two-dose Moderna vaccine instead.