Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2020
7min609
Governor DeSantis, it is not too late to still save lives.
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Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2020
Jason DelgadoJuly 16, 2020
3min409
The Department of Corrections reported a total of 3,401 state prison inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Jason DelgadoJune 24, 2020
4min562
It will require prison officials to show cause for placing a pregnant prison in solitary confinement.
Noah PranskyJuly 17, 2019
15min650
The state refuses to pay its guards and officers real wages to supervise felons.
Staff ReportsJanuary 30, 2017
4min244
Gov. Rick Scott is looking to give Florida corrections officers a pay raise, including $38 million for the state’s prison system in his proposed budget. Mary Ellen Klas of the Miami Herald reports that the increase, part of the budget Scott will announce Tuesday, is for “officers up to and including the rank of captain.” […]
Jim RosicaAugust 2, 20163min568
Steven Fielder has been appointed chief of staff for the state’s Department of Corrections. The department announced the move Tuesday. Fielder, who begins Aug. 19, comes from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle (DHSMV), where he was most recently director of administrative services, the department’s press release said. Fielder started at DHSMV in 1992, serving in several high-level roles. That experience […]
Brendan FarringtonDecember 14, 20156min246
Florida’s prisons are understaffed, lack adequate prison programs, have deteriorating facilities and fences and have a high turnover rate that’s led to inexperienced officers being responsible for some of the most important duties, according to a report that sheds an unflattering light on the Department of Corrections. The 178-page report was prepared for a legislative […]