Extreme heat at a Miami-area prison without air conditioning has subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, according to a federal lawsuit filed in October by the Florida Justice Institute.
Tampa Democratic Rep. Dianne Hart speaking in the Capitol at a press conference for inmates’ rights on March 25, 2025. Credit: Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix Starting in the 2010s, many of the ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay lawmaker is fighting for legislation that would protect the rights of prisoners in the state’s corrections system. And while sympathy can sometimes be hard to ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Darrielle Williams was in his prison cell in Okeechobee, Florida, unaware that a state appeals court had ruled in his case that law enforcement officers can no longer justify ...
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 ...
A judge will re-examine key evidence in the murder case of Tommy Zeigler, who has been on death row since being convicted in ...
Extreme heat at a Miami-area prison without air conditioning has subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, according to a federal lawsuit filed in October by the Florida Justice Institute.
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