Three months after the federal government approved Florida for more than $608 million in reimbursement for running "Alligator ...

Environmental groups claim federal and state officials withheld evidence about funding for an immigration detention center in ...

Florida Department of Corrections and Centurion of Florida sued for failing to provide basic eye surgeries. Christopher O’Donnell is the health and medicine reporter. He can be reached at ...

A 58-year-old Florida death row inmate claimed that prison officials used expired drugs and skimped on the doses for the last four executions in the state, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed a ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A Florida man who pleaded guilty to federal charges in relation to his involvement in an organized jewelry theft ring targeting stores across the U.S., including in ...

"When filed pro se, that usually indicates the defendant is out of money and simply can’t afford a lawyer anymore," said Brian H. Bieber, shareholder at GrayRobinson and criminal defense attorney, who ...

After about nine months in an Israeli prison, a Palestinian American teen from Palm Bay, Florida, was released Thanksgiving Day. Mohammed Zahar Ibrahim, 16, was accused of throwing rocks at Israeli ...

A Palestinian-American teen from Palm Bay was released from an Israeli prison after nine months. The 16-year-old was accused of throwing rocks at Israeli settlers but was held without trial. Advocacy ...

A former Florida prison chaplain is suing the state after being fired for refusing to train a female chaplain. The chaplain, Michael Horst, claims his religious beliefs prohibit women from ministering ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After spending five years in prison for child neglect in connection to the death of her son and several years on drug-related offenses, Lonna Barton has been released from prison, ...

Jarvis Fortson, who’s already serving life in prison for murder, is accused of stabbing a prison guard several times, officials confirmed. State Dept. Raises Alarm on Mass Migration Full proceedings: ...

Prisoners inside a sweltering South Florida prison were subjected to dangerously high temperatures this summer—peaking at a "real feel" of 119 degrees in one area—according to a recent expert report ...