A judge will re-examine key evidence in the murder case of Tommy Zeigler, who has been on death row since being convicted in ...

On Oct. 16, 2023, inmate Robert Rutherford (CO1229) of Franklin Correctional Institution escaped while on work detail near the bridge in Apalachicola. Staff immediately secured the other inmates and ...

An inmate who escaped from the Sumter County Detention Center on Sunday evening was captured and returned to custody, concluding a multi-agency search that utilized helicopters and drones. Joseph ...

Deputies in Sumter County captured an escaped inmate after finding him waist-deep in murky water late Sunday night, according ...

The sheriff's office said 39-year-old Joseph Brown "was in a trusted position on kitchen work detail," when he used his role ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida death row inmate convicted of killing a deputy and two other people more than 40 years ago has died in prison, officials said. Paul Beasley Johnson, 74, died Saturday ...

A group of inmates helped wildlife volunteers track down a raccoon wandering around the Florida woods with a jar on its head. Screengrab from the Brevard County Sheriff's Office's video The search was ...

An inmate who became pregnant while in a Florida county jail is scheduled to have a hearing on Jan. 24 in which she will request a transfer to house arrest, her attorney said Thursday. Daisy Link, 28, ...

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 ...

Seven Florida correctional officers have been charged with battery, excessive use of force and other offenses after allegedly beating a handcuffed inmate at Dade Correctional Institution in Florida ...