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

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

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

An inmate at Falkenburg Road Jail in Hillsborough County died less than an hour after suffering a medical emergency inside ...

Deputies captured an escaped inmate Sunday in a Florida pond after he fled his work detail and stole an e-bike and a car ...

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

Two inmates have been executed an hour apart during what's expected to be the single busiest month for the death penalty in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers on Tuesday ...

A new report finds that five of the 15 people executed in Florida this year were military veterans. Gov. Ron DeSantis defends the record number of executions, stating he is bringing justice to victims ...

This story contains details about a disturbing crime against a child. Discretion is advised. A former Marine who raped and killed a 6-year-old girl after kidnapping her from her bedroom in 1979 has ...

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

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LAKE CITY, Fla. — A woman was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in the Columbia County jail Sunday evening, the sheriff's office announced, marking the second inmate death at the facility ...