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AP and the Marshall Project speak with correctional officers and union leaders nationwide, as well as health experts working inside prisons, to understand the decision-making despite the higher risk.

“The women at Lowell Correctional Institution fully recognize that their own actions have resulted in their removal from society, but the persistent sexual abuse they have been subjected to is inhumane and detrimental to the reputation of our state,” Tampa Democratic Senator Janet Cruz wrote in the letter to Gov. DeSantis. “These women deserve better.”

The report said officials were aware of abuses at the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala since 2006.

Betsy Fernandez lost her little sister to cancer 14 years ago. Five of her six siblings remained. Fernandez – now 45 – fights to maintain a good...

The number of Florida corrections workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 surpassed 1,000 on Friday, according to the state Department of...

Florida prisons are seeing an increasing number of inmate deaths that authorities blame on a synthetic marijuana substance known as K2, or spice. The...

The Florida Department Of Corrections has started evacuating some of their smaller facilities in South Florida. While institutions are stocking up on...

State prison officials cited a security threat in canceling visitation at all of its 149 facilities.In a statement released Wednesday, prison officials…

A bill that would steer more Florida drug offenders to diversion programs rather than prisons is moving forward.

Senate lawmakers say Florida’s prison system is in a crisis. That’s the consensus after a presentation by Department of Corrections Secretary Julie...