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Jacksonville leaders signed two contracts with Armor Correctional Health Services despite 570 lawsuits and inmate deaths across the country.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he doesn’t think the current U.S. Supreme Court would uphold the 2008 decision ruling that barred the death penalty in rape cases.

"Being Michelle" is about a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse. In this interview, members of the documentary's production team discuss her story and the larger issues it raises.

Four inmates sit silently in the library of the Franklin County House of Correction one summer morning. But these men aren't here to read books.

Some blame the state legislature for not fully funding Florida’s corrections budget . Prison officials say that led to them making some hard choices....

Jason Bellows was a Florida inmate on his way out of prison and back into the real world.

What’s ahead legislatively for Florida prison and juvenile justice systems?

The head of the Florida Department of Corrections says her agency is doing its part to help make sure released inmates aren’t targeted by potential...

Lawyers for Florida inmates have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and prison health-care provider Corizon, alleging...

Three Floridians are looking at stretches in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to acquire and distribute the illegal synthetic drug known as ...

Two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, used power tools to cut through steel walls, slithered through a steam pipe and emerged on the outside through a manhole.

For more than 20 years, the state of Florida and lawyers representing prisoners wrangled over inmates' health care, resulting in nearly a decade of…