Florida Prisons

In separate but parallel lawsuits, civil-rights and legal groups are challenging Florida’s use of solitary confinement in prisons and juvenile detention…

Florida’s prison system, the third largest in the nation, has long faced issues with contraband drugs, yet the state agency that grapples with the…

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed 38 bills, including a controversial measure that will make it harder for groups and citizens to put proposed...

Access to healthcare inside South Florida prisons and jails is under renewed scrutiny after a pregnant woman with a mental illness delivered her child...

Florida's prisons have a health care problem.The state's aging prison population and the high cost of treating inmates with debilitating diseases are…

Visits from friends and loved ones can be beneficial to prisoners, but challenging for people who live far away. Florida House and Senate Democrats are…

After complaints of inhumane treatment in women’s correctional facilities throughout Florida, one lawmaker is calling for a change.

Federal investigators are looking into allegations of rape, assault, and the smuggling of drugs into a central Florida prison for women.

Jason Bellows was a Florida inmate on his way out of prison and back into the real world.

The Florida Department of Corrections is looking into changing the rules for prison visitations. But, prison officials are getting pushback from...

As Florida continues to deal with an opioid crisis, state corrections officials are moving ahead on a plan to cut substance-abuse services to make up a...

A package of contraband covered in grass clippings that was dropped by a drone at a Panhandle prison is one of the most recent examples of inmates using...