Gray RohrerMarch 1, 2022
2min0
'It’s critical,' Sen. Keith Perry said of the need for new prisons.
Tag: Florida prisons
Gray RohrerMarch 1, 2022Gray RohrerMarch 1, 20222min0
'It’s critical,' Sen. Keith Perry said of the need for new prisons.
Associated PressNovember 19, 2021
21min1549
Among whistleblowers is Mark Caruso, now running for HD 28 as a Democrat.
Jim TurnerJuly 20, 2020
2min281
In total, the state has logged 3,687 inmate cases and 1,077 employee cases.
Ana CeballosMay 5, 2020
6min438
“The most difficult thing about dealing with the Department of Corrections is transparency of information."
Sarah MuellerFebruary 18, 2020
5min896
The group says most inmates in prison for drugs are violent, repeat offenders.
Drew WilsonMarch 28, 2019
5min3447
"Florida locks up too many people for too long.”
Michael MolineMay 31, 20187min233
Family and friends of some of Florida’s 97,000 prison inmates offered public testimony Thursday denouncing proposed visitation rules that could make it harder to see their loved ones regularly. “Limiting visitation is not in the best interest of the citizens of Florida and the communities in which they live,” Michael McBride, the father of an […]
Drew WilsonMarch 21, 2018
2min815
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham on Wednesday urged Gov. Rick Scott to put an end to visitor strip searches at state prisons. “Let’s call this what it is: Sexual harassment,” Graham said in an email. “It needs to end now. We can make prisons safer without humiliating women who are just trying to visit their […]
Ana CeballosFebruary 21, 2018
4min395
A sweeping criminal justice bill that would upend how the state collects data on offenders in an attempt to better determine who is incarcerated and for how long is moving in the Senate. The measure would require the Department of Corrections to use risk-assessment instruments that can identify the appropriate intervention and program for an […]