Scott PowersJuly 30, 2019
4min728
Makes call after struggling over case of 13-year-old charged in shooting death
Tag: Prison
Scott PowersJuly 30, 2019
Staff ReportsJune 28, 2019
8min709
But the Governor also said he'd consider restoring even more rights "to non-violent offenders."
Ryan NicolJune 8, 2019
5min870
“We’re not asking for a lot. We’re asking for basic necessities."
Blake DowlingMay 11, 2019
8min445
We must consider a balancing act: prisoner safety vs. prisoner rights.
Scott PowersMarch 19, 2019
4min294
'We should do everything we can to protect the dignity of women.'
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 20195min832
The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) released its 2018 analysis last week of Florida sentencing laws and the effects on prison population. The report, commissioned internally by the Florida Legislature in its 2018 General Appropriations Act, makes several recommendations for reducing the state’s criminal justice costs by reducing prison population. The […]
Staff ReportsApril 13, 20182min282
A former correctional officer in the state prison system will serve federal prison time after he beat up an inmate in his office, then tried to cover it up, officials said Friday. Michael J. Baxter, 49, of Grand Ridge, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Panama City to 5 years in prison, according to a […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 27, 2017
2min258
Carla Wiley, the CEO of the phony charity One Door for Education that Corrine Brown used as a slush fund, asked Tuesday for a delay in her reporting to prison. Wiley was set to report no sooner than January 8; she would like to delay that to February 8. Wiley is both settling her own affairs, via […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2017
2min309
Longevity runs in Corrine Brown‘s family, and that seems to be part of the calculus of a federal lien against the congresswoman-turned-felon. A lien notice totaling $664,292 was filed this weekend. There is good news, however; 20 years after the date of filing (December 2037), Brown is freed of the obligation. Corrine Brown was found guilty […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 20172min323
A bill filed Wednesday by State Rep. Kimberly Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, would allow legislators more latitude in taking people with them to prison. HB 453 would amend current statute, allowing members of the Legislature to be “accompanied on a visit by another elected official, an ordained minister, or a member of the legislator’s staff.” While […]