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.

Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon said this is the first Tiny Home Program in the state, but they hope to expand to other prisons.

TALLAHASSEE — People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that expands Florida’s death penalty tactics. Florida allows for ...

It is beyond belief what’s going on.” Former sergeant and whistle blower in the Florida Department of Corrections, Mark Caruso, is also calling for change, not only for inmates but for the ...

Twenty-five years after confessing to the brutal rape and murder of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta, Michael Tanzi is ...

Michael A. Tanzi was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. EDT, the Florida Department of Corrections said in a statement. He was killed at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, located 45 miles west of ...

nicknamed “Old Sparky,” was built of oak by Florida Department of Corrections staff and installed at Florida State Prison in Raiford in 1999. Legislation passed in 2000 allows for lethal ...

Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, would allow for someone to be executed by “a method not deemed unconstitutional nor cruel and unusual” if the Florida Department of Corrections can’t get its ...

the Key West Police Department and the Florida Department of Corrections This latest arrest, USBP said, comes after an operation launched earlier in March resulted in the arrest of 10 undocumented ...

A “morbidly obese” convicted killer who kidnapped and strangled a Miami newspaper worker 25 years ago recited a Bible verse and munched on bacon, a candy bar and ice cream leading up to his ...

Kathan Guzman, a convicted murderer mistakenly released from the Department of Corrections in Georgia, was found and detained ...

according to a release from the Florida Department of Corrections, No reason was provided. Requests to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the execution were denied Thursday, according to the court docket.