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Inmate Sues Florida Corrections Department Over Bleach Put in Drink
A Florida inmate is suing the state’s Department of Correction over allegations that an officer put chlorine bleach in her drink
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Video Shows Florida Guards Beat Inmate; Investigation Launched
Officials are investigating after a video posted to YouTube appears to show a group of officers beating an inmate on the lawn of a Florida prison.
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Footage Shows Fatal Shooting Outside Miami Gardens Probation Office
Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Department of Corrections probation office in Miami Gardens in a killing that was caught on camera.
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Porn at Work: Dozens of California Government Employees Caught Viewing Explicit Images on Taxpayer's Dime
Out of 54 California agencies surveyed by the Investigative Unit, 20 percent had launched internal pornography investigations since 2015.
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Thousands of Inmates Evacuated From Florida Prisons Damaged by Hurricane Michael
Florida officials have evacuated nearly 3,000 inmates after two prisons were damaged during Hurricane Michael.
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Florida Prisons to Cut Programs Due to Health Care Cost Hike
Florida prisons are cutting mental health, substance abuse and re-entry programs to help make up for a $50 million shortfall in its healthcare and pharmaceuticals budgets.
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Family Settles Lawsuit in Florida Prisoner's Shower Death
The family of a mentally ill Florida inmate who died after being left for nearly two hours in a hot shower has settled a civil rights lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections.
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Central Florida Deputy Among 2 Killed in Car Crash Sunday
The Florida Highway Patrol confirmed the crash took place Sunday morning in Hardee County, located east of Sarasota.
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Miami-Dade Corrections Officers Provide School Supplies for Needy Students
Students are off and running this school year and Miami-Dade Corrections officers are making sure every student is prepared and ready to go.
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‘She's Supposed to Bury Me': Families Brawl at Hearing for Defendant in Death of 3 Girls
The man who police say has confessed to stabbing his 6-year-old sister and two young cousins Friday made a series of strange outbursts during a wild court hearing in which families had to be separated Monday.
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Police: Man Confesses to Stabbing, Killing Sister, Cousins in Prince George's County
Police in Maryland said a man confessed to stabbing his 6-year-old sister and his two young cousins while they were lying in bed. Antonio Shareek Williams, 25, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of the three girls in Prince George’s County. Police said their bodies were discovered around 7:30...
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Hernandez's Fiancee Files Injunction to Preserve Evidence in Death
With authorities ruling the cause of Aaron Hernandez’s death a suicide, his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, has filed a motion on behalf of their daughter to preserve any evidence in his death.
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DA: Aaron Hernandez's Death Ruled Suicide
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez’s death has officially been ruled a suicide, according to the district attorney’s office in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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Aaron Hernandez Found Dead in Prison From Apparent Suicide
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, an explosive tight end who had been convicted of murder and last week cleared in two other killings, was discovered dead in his prison cell by a corrections officer early Wednesday morning, authorities said.
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Felon Voted Illegally from Florida Jail: Report
A felon serving time in the Indian River County Jail voted by mail in the Nov. 8 election because Florida’s cumbersome system for purging felons from the voter registration rolls had not yet caught up with him.
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Florida Prisons Plan to Hire More Than 4,000 People
Florida’s prison agency says it is planning to hire more than 4,000 new correctional officers in the next 15 months.
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Sex Offenders Freed With Little Oversight
Two-time convicted sex offender Michael Leverett could’ve been back roaming his Davie street in 2009, after his second prison sentence since 1979 for sex crimes involving underage girls.
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Florida Prisons Understaffed and Deteriorating: Study
Florida’s prisons are understaffed, lack adequate prison programs and have deteriorating facilities and fences.
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Special Event Reunites Inmates With Their Children
If you walked into the visitation room at the Everglades Correctional Institution and had no idea what was going on, the hugs, kisses, tears and abundance of kids would be big clues.
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Gov. Scott Orders Independent Analysis of Florida Prisons
Gov. Rick Scott is ordering an independent analysis of the state’s prison system and the development of two prisons to test new ways of handling and housing prisoners with mental health issues, as well as the general population.