Lawmaker says Florida prisons needs more money than they’re asking for

Gov. Ron DeSantis is requesting the Legislature provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the Florida Department of ...

Bills would create Office of Corrections Ombudsman to monitor prisons

Saying existing law does not provide adequate and independent oversight of the Florida’s Department of Corrections (FDC), two ...
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Tampa Rep. Susan Valdés sponsors bill to create Corrections accountabilty position

The bill says the legislation is necessary “to create an independent entity as a unit of the legislative branch of state ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Florida executions: Who has been put to death this year?

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — This year, Florida has set a record for the number of executions. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed more death warrants this year than any of his predecessors, with 11 people being put ...
Tampa Bay Times

Florida inmates were denied eye surgery for years. Some were left blind

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 ...
WUFT

FDC supports FCC plan to jam contraband cellphones in prisons

The Florida Department of Corrections is supporting a proposal that would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Friday that the ...
Key West Citizen

Corrections agency shielded in rape case

An appeals court Wednesday shielded the Florida Department of Corrections from a lawsuit alleging that retaliation by officers led to an inmate getting raped.
clickondetroit.com

Florida set to conduct 17th execution this year on man convicted of killing his former manager

This undated photo provided by Florida Department of Corrections shows Richard Barry Randolph. (Florida Department of Correction via AP) ...