Since most state prisons were built before air conditioning was common, the Florida Department of Corrections says it often takes steps to mitigate the adverse effects on inmates.

Seven Florida Department of Corrections officers are facing charges in connection with the beating of an inmate at a facility in Miami-Dade, records showed.

Photo taken from Florida Department of Corrections Website Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County ...

A Florida death row inmate was executed at the Florida State Prison in Raiford on Tuesday evening for the abduction and murder of a woman four decades ago.

As the first Florida inmates died of coronavirus, the Department of Corrections made no announcement — until the deaths leaked out days later through a medical examiner’s office.

In a move that could affect thousands of Florida inmates, attorneys representing disabled prisoners and the Department of Corrections have settled a lawsuit accusing the ...

When criminals are released from prison, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is tasked with keeping a close eye on them, especially sex offenders and career offenders.

Families of Florida inmates tell News4JAX they feel like they may be the ones being punished if state officials approve a Department of Corrections proposal. It would limit visitation hours ...

In the face of calls early last week to evacuate Panhandle prisons sitting in the path of Hurricane Michael, the Florida Department of Corrections insisted it was well prepared to weather the ...

Blasting the Florida Department of Corrections’ “long and sordid history of neglecting” inmates who have hepatitis C infections, and citing a “risk of such deliberate indifference ...

Florida officials are working to stem a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak among inmates as the Sunshine State quickly becomes the nation's ground zero for the virus.

As of August 2012, Florida was home to 100,272 state prison inmates. And as of Tuesday, 403 inmates were currently on death row. The Florida Department of Corrections was kind enough to give us an ...