An inmate who escaped from the Sumter County Detention Center on Sunday evening was captured and returned to custody, ...

A Florida inmate who was captured last week after faking an injury and escaping a hospital was able to flee from custody because the deputy tasked with guarding him was "likely sleeping," according to ...

A Palm Beach County woman is behind bars in connection with alleged sexual misconduct at a juvenile detention facility.

Hamilton Correctional Institution, a state-run prison. (File shot via Florida Department of Corrections) Florida does not offer parole for most inmates incarcerated in its correctional facilities. But ...

A Florida inmate is facing additional charges after he was caught on courtroom cameras lunging and spitting at a judge during a hearing, authorities said. According to the Martin County Sheriff's ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The newly elected vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida was convicted in 2019 as part of a state felony investigation into whether he had a sexual relationship with an ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay lawmaker is fighting for legislation that would protect the rights of prisoners in the state’s corrections system. And while sympathy can sometimes be hard to ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Darrielle Williams was in his prison cell in Okeechobee, Florida, unaware that a state appeals court had ruled in his case that law enforcement officers can no longer justify ...

A Florida death row inmate who fatally stabbed a noted inventor and his wife during a robbery in Miami has become the 13th man executed in the state this year, a record. Victor Tony Jones, 64, was ...

As she has done virtually every year since being elected to the Florida House in 2018, Tampa Democratic Rep. Dianne Hart has filed legislation designed to incentivize good behavior by the incarcerated ...

A female inmate in Florida, USA, gave birth to a baby girl in June while in solitary confinement after she allegedly impregnated herself. Daisy Link reportedly used semen passed by a fellow male ...

Inmate Larry Stone made enough money to post bond and get out of jail. July 28, 2011 — -- Some clever inmates at the Lake County Jail in Florida figured out a money-making scheme by allegedly ...