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 ...

Feb. 11 (UPI) --Florida has executed a 64-year-old man for the 1989 murder of a traveling salesman, the state's first execution and the nation's second of the year. Ronald Heath was administered a ...

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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 ...

Following a record 19 executions in Florida last year, Ronald Heath is scheduled Tuesday to be the first person put to death in 2026, for a 1989 murder in Alachua County. Death Penalty opponents, ...

Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jay Collins — now a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor — traveled to the Panhandle Monday to promote Gov. Ron DeSantis’ budget request to raise starting pay ...

UPDATE (4:15 P.M.): An hourly pay increase could be coming to the correctional staff at Santa Rosa County Correctional Institution. Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins announced Monday morning at a press ...

Bonnie Frank is a quality assurance specialist with the Florida Safety Council and says the change to a single-language test will help keep roads safer. “It’s a safety issue. When you're out there on ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Corrections released new data on Thursday night claiming there are fewer than 500 incarcerated people with ICE detainers in state jails and prisons, and calling ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed this week that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) detected Glyphosate, a herbicide commonly applied in weed control, in six of eight bread products across five national ...