Prison

Inmates won't be reading a newspaper banned by Florida corrections officials anytime soon, due to a decision by a Tallahassee federal judge who said the...

Earlier this month, President Barak Obama commuted the sentences of 46 inmates serving long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses including 11…

Many of the inmates died of natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths — against the backdrop of a shrinking budget and staff shortages — has lawmakers calling for a prison oversight board.

A Fort Myers man whose imprisonment and later exoneration made headlines is speaking to the Naples Press Club on Friday.The case that would send Ryan…

Florida’s corrections chief resigned Monday. Mike Crews' last day is November 30th. He'll be replaced by interim Secretary Tim Cannon. WLRN’s Gina Jordan…

Recent investigative reporting by the Miami Herald into abuse, torture and death of inmates in Florida prisons has raised public concern regarding the…

June 14 will mark the one year anniversary of Gov. Rick Scott’s signing of the Timely Justice Act. The measure aims to increase the pace of Florida’s…

The Florida Legislature is moving to overhaul the law governing the Department of Juvenile Justice during the session that starts March 4th. The rewrite…

Broward State Rep. Katie Edwards wants to ease up on the three-year prison terms some nonviolent first offenders get for possessing pain pills. Her bill…

Community leaders in North Port are looking to adopt a program aimed at keeping youth offenders out of the juvenile justice system and providing…