A Tampa Bay lawmaker is fighting for legislation that would protect the rights of prisoners in the state’s corrections system ...

Florida leads the nation in death row exonerations, where people on death row have later been found innocent of their crimes.

No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.

Since Trump took office, there have been incidents of tourists being stopped at U.S. border crossings and held for weeks ...

Measures raise ceiling on compensation, removes provision excluding those previously convicted of certain felonies ...

Nearly a month after the two were detained, Jebawi recalls, prison guards banged on their cell and ordered the detained ...

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer in South Carolina is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in ...

Former Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who was sentenced to 21 months on campaign finance violations, says he has received a presidential pardon after serving two weeks in federal prison.

A Boulder dentist was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for flying from Colorado to Florida in August with the intention of sexually assaulting a child. Jason Atha, 51, accepted a plea ...

Big changes could be coming to Florida classrooms if state lawmakers approve a full-day ... How this Palm Beach County school is cracking down on student cell phone use How this Palm Beach County ...

With Most New York Prison Guards Ending Strike, Governor Bars Holdouts From State Jobs ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job ...