TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Record-setting heat this summer has advocates pushing for the Florida Department of Corrections to do more to keep inmates cool. Since most ...

TALLAHASSEE - A state appeals court Wednesday upheld the firing of a Florida Department of Corrections officer for using medical marijuana, pointing to a federal law and a job requirement that he ...

A DOC spokesperson later Thursday told the Tallahassee Democrat that the case is ongoing and it does "not comment on pending litigation." "The Florida Department of Corrections has zero tolerance ...

Gatheridge is the co-founder of Florida PRR Families United in Tallahassee. The Florida Department of Corrections has been in “crisis” for the last 50 years, starting when overcrowding was ...

Although specific numbers were not available, the Florida Department of Corrections stated in an email that "many institutions" in the Marion County area are "at or above a 10% vacancy rate" and ...

TALLAHASSEE — In what could be a first ... Samuel Velez Ortiz, who was a sergeant for the Florida Department of Corrections, was approved by a doctor to use medical marijuana to treat post ...

TALLAHASSEE — A state appeals court Wednesday upheld the firing of a Florida Department of Corrections officer for using medical marijuana, pointing to a federal law and a job requirement that ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla ... The lawsuit, which names the Florida Department of Corrections, the secretary of the department and the warden of DCI as defendants, argues that the conditions violate ...

The Florida Department of Corrections recently proposed modifications to its visitation policy, potentially reducing visitation hours to every other weekend and limiting those who can visit prisoners.