Danny McAuliffeMarch 20, 2019
4min516
Prison health care costs are keeping the justice budget tight.
Tag: Department of CorrectionsBentley Ranch was among the conservation projects Wilton Simpson highlighted this week. Image via FDACS.
Danny McAuliffeMarch 20, 2019
Ana CeballosMarch 16, 2019
5min254
The region hit by Hurricane Michael is home to 23 prisons.
Ryan NicolFebruary 21, 2019
6min1389
The two spoke at an introductory meeting with the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
Drew WilsonFebruary 13, 2019
6min792
“There’s a ‘graying’ of our population."
Peter SchorschJanuary 3, 2019
3min791
Mark Inch, former director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, has been named Secretary of the Department of Corrections, according to the transition team of Governor-elect Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov.-elect Jeanette Nuñez. The transition announced the move, first reported by Florida Politics, on Thursday. Inch, a retired U.S. Army major general, served briefly as federal […]
Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2018
5min421
A federal judge in Tallahassee has ruled in favor of a transgender inmate who sued the Department of Corrections two years ago for denying her “hormone therapy and other medically necessary treatment.” Reiyn Keohane is currently incarcerated at the Walton Correctional Institution, according to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, which represented her. […]
Staff ReportsJuly 22, 20184min1871
A fetish video producer imprisoned for exploiting homeless people will soon be released from prison. Jeffrey Williams, owner of J.P. Productions and the force behind kink website SheFights.net, made national headlines when videos of scantily clad women beating “hobos” outraged advocates for the homeless and mentally ill. The videos were made in Tampa Bay, many in […]
Jim RosicaJune 8, 2018
5min1011
A Jacksonville man’s sentence on drug possession charges was struck down by an appellate court Friday because of the state’s “911 Good Samaritan Act.” A unanimous three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal reversed Thomas John Pope‘s 15-month sentence on possession of heroin and marijuana charges. Pope, 26, already was released from minimum custody this […]
Ana CeballosNovember 30, 2017
2min292
While the state has paid $11 million to settle sexual harassment workplace disputes over 30 years, records released Thursday show it also settled nearly a dozen cases that resulted in a zero-dollar payout. Florida Politics requested documents from the state Department of Financial Services, which list 11 state workers — both men and women — […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 29, 2017
4min546
O.J. Simpson won’t return to Florida if Pam Bondi has any sway over his homecoming. The state’s Republican attorney general sent a 2-1/2 page letter to Corrections Secretary Julie Jones on Friday, saying she objected to Simpson’s return on behalf of the state. He previously lived in Kendall, Miami-Dade County. Simpson’s lawyer also Friday said the […]