GOP lawmakers circulated a memo to reinstate the death penalty for certain child sex crimes, setting DNA and appeal rules.

A man convicted of killing a Palmetto grocery store owner during a 1986 robbery was executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

Melvin Trotter was executed Feb. 24 for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in ...

Base pay for correctional officers in Florida could rise $6 per hour. Monday, Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins stood with Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Assistant Deputy Secretary of ...

Florida is often described as a beacon for religious liberty, grounded in a simple constitutional truth: Government may neither establish religion nor prohibit its free exercise. That principle ...

An off-duty Florida Department of Corrections officer was out for a jog on Saturday morning when a man shot at him, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the shooting at ...

(RNS) — The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, considered one of the most prevalent editions of the sacred Gita text, has been banned from Florida prison systems since 2022. (RNS) — In 2023, Rakesh Patel, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida Channel screenshot of FDC Sec. Ricky Dixon on Oct. 15, 2025. Gov. Ron DeSantis is requesting the Legislature provide ...

Florida Department of Corrections and Centurion of Florida sued for failing to provide basic eye surgeries. Christopher O’Donnell is the health and medicine reporter. He can be reached at ...

Read full article: Tommy Zeigler, longest-serving Florida death row inmate, granted hearing on DNA evidence This undated photo provided by Florida Department of Corrections shows death row inmate ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In today’s climate of mass incarceration and lack of accountability, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an evidence-based report on the Florida Department of ...

REOPENED. TWO LOCAL CORRECTIONS OFFICERS ARE FACING CHARGES, ACCUSED OF BEATING AN INMATE AND COVERING IT UP. AS WESH TWO INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG FOX EXPLAINS, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED INSIDE THE ...