Florida Inmates Write Poems For Their Mothers
In the family visitor’s lounge, under paintings of Disney cartoon characters, two-dozen incarcerated men at Dade Correctional Institution take turns walking up to a microphone to recite poems they...
View ArticleSecurity Threat Leads State To Cancel Prison Visitation
State prison officials cited a security threat in canceling visitation at all of its 149 facilities.
View ArticleFormer Correctional Officers Linked To KKK Convicted In Murder Plot To Kill...
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 in North Central Florida .
View ArticleFlorida Correctional Facilities Under Lockdown, Prison Visits Cancelled Due...
The Florida Department of Corrections has cancelled visitations at most of its facilities and prisoners are under lockdown, at least through the weekend.
View ArticleFlorida Correctional Facilities' Lockdown Lifted, Prison Visits Restored
Florida’s correctional facilities are no longer under lockdown and prisoner visitation has now been restored.
View ArticleFewer Youths Incarcerated, But Gap Between Blacks And Whites Worsens
Recent numbers released by the Justice Department show a drop in overall youth incarceration rates in the United States. But a closer look at the data shows a widening gap between black and white youth...
View ArticleBill Making It Illegal For County Jail Inmates To Have Cell Phones Draws...
Should inmates be criminally charged when cell phones are found on their person? In Florida prisons, that can occur. But, in county jails, not so much. During a recent legislative debate, lawmakers...
View ArticleJail Rolls Out Anti-Suicide Plan As 2 Inmates Found Hanging
State officials say they are implementing measures to prevent suicides after two inmates were recently found hanging in their cells.
View ArticleFlorida Expands Education Opportunities For Prisoners
Florida prisoners will have new education opportunities under a law signed by Gov. Rick Scott.
View ArticleInmate Magazine Loses First Amendment Case Against Florida Department Of...
A Florida-based publisher of a magazine written by inmates lost a federal appeal of a freedom of speech case against the Florida Department of Corrections, which has barred the magazine from state...
View ArticleProposed FDOC Budget Cut Would Drop Visitation Days in Half
Florida’s 98,000 incarcerated citizens had a voice today at the Florida Department of Corrections public hearing. Prisoner support groups gathered for three hours to implore the department to...
View ArticleLooking To Grant Clemency To More Prisoners, White House Asks Advocates For...
Advocates for prisoners from several groups tell NPR that White House officials have privately asked them for potential candidates for clemency, and they have offered dozens of names. The outreach came...
View ArticleJails, Prisons Slowly Loosen Resistance To Addiction Meds
Four inmates sit silently in the library of the Franklin County House of Correction one summer morning. But these men aren't here to read books.
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules Florida Prison Must Accommodate Transgender Inmate
Accusing them of ignorance and bigotry, a federal judge this week excoriated Florida corrections officials for refusing to accommodate a transgender inmate, despite the prisoner’s repeated suicide...
View ArticlePrison Inmates Stage Strikes In Florida And Across U.S. Claiming Inhumane...
Listen to the story airing on 89.9 WJCT-FM Inmates across America are on strike- inside their prisons - demanding an end to what they say is torture and abuse.
View ArticlePalm Beach County To End Solitary Confinement For Teens In Adult Jails
Palm Beach County is eliminating solitary confinement for juveniles in adult jails. The change comes after Palm Beach County's Sheriff's Office reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that alleged...
View ArticleSetting Precedent, A Federal Court Rules Jail Must Give Inmate Addiction...
This week, a federal appeals court addressed the right to treatment for an inmate who suffers from opioid addiction, a move that legal advocates say could have wide repercussions. The United States...
View ArticlePublic Defender Seeks Investigation After Two Jail Deaths
Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein is calling for an investigation after two inmates were found dead and a third mutilated himself at the Broward Main Jail, reports the Sun Sentinel . “I hereby...
View ArticleTeen On Life Support After Hanging Himself At Broward Jail
A Coral Springs teenager jailed on charges of stealing a gun hanged himself at the Broward Main Jail over the weekend, and his parents are not expecting him to survive. Sonny David Rugani, 17, a junior...
View ArticleTeen On Life Support After Hanging Himself In Broward Jail Had Been On...
The incarcerated teen who tried to hang himself over the weekend had been on suicide watch for two days after he was arrested in late June, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Sonny David...
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