A.G. GancarskiJanuary 24, 2024
5min0
Jessica Baker's bill has 1 stop to go before the House floor.
Tag: corrections officers
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 24, 2024
Jacob OglesMay 1, 2023
3min0
Will prison guards see a hike in pay?
Jesse SchecknerMarch 4, 2023
17min0
She has an ambitious roster of policy proposals for her first term in the Florida House.
Scott PowersNovember 28, 2021
7min1472
Caruso is a former whistleblower in the Department of Corrections.
Associated PressNovember 19, 2021
21min1549
Among whistleblowers is Mark Caruso, now running for HD 28 as a Democrat.
Jason DelgadoNovember 17, 2021
3min1521
The fiscal bump comes as prison leaders warn of a dire staffing crisis.
Associated PressNovember 1, 2021
17min1274
Florida has temporarily closed three prisons out of more than 140 facilities because of understaffing.
Haley BrownApril 29, 2021
8min3016
The state can't hire enough corrections officers.
Scott PowersMay 14, 2019
3min748
GEO Group operates six correctional facilities in Florida.
Les NeuhausMarch 16, 2017
5min646
More than three-quarters of Florida’s corrections officers have less than two years’ experience. In some state prisons, a single CO will be left alone to supervise 150-200 inmates in a jail block. Contraband has become so bad, one random search of (just half) a Dade facility turned up $15,000 in street value of cocaine, seven knives, […]