Florida Department of Corrections

James Caruso walked out of prison this summer after spending 18 years in the Florida Department of Corrections.

More than 15,000 inmates in Florida prisons have tested positive for COVID — but what is the impact beyond the numbers? NBC 6’s Stephanie Bertini reports.

What is it like to experience the pandemic behind bars? NBC 6 got exclusive access to some women who can help paint the picture.  Carrie Johnson was just released from the Homestead Correctional Institution last month, and she described the situation as terrifying. “It was like wondering if you will make it out alive,” she said.  She was sentenced on burglary...

Officials say a corrections officer was injured during an attack by inmates at a state prison that’s become a hot spot for the coronavirus

Several civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Miami-Dade County corrections department seeking an emergency order to release medically vulnerable inmates at one of its main jail sites.

A Florida prison guard was charged Saturday with pouring bleach in an inmate’s cup after the two argued. Qualesha Williams, 28, was taken into custody at Lowell Correctional Institution where she worked and charged with poisoning food or water. She has been released from jail. It’s unclear if she retained an attorney who could comment on the charge. According...

Investigators say the attack occurred July 8 at Lake Correctional Institution in Clermont as an unnamed inmate gave commentary on a five-minute video as the beating was happening.

Deputies say they fatally shot a Florida man who refused to stop pointing a shotgun at them after he attacked his family members.

An inmate serving a 40-year prison sentence on molestation charges briefly escaped in Miami-Dade Thursday morning, officials said.

The Florida Department of Corrections is being sued over its use of solitary confinement in a complaint filed Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which alleges the state’s isolation techniques are cruel and can cause permanent damage.

A Miami Uber driver with a lengthy criminal past has been arrested again after he was accused of trying to sexually assault a female passenger who fell asleep in his vehicle, police said.

Nearly 30 years after a Miami restaurant owner was shot to death during a robbery outside his eatery, authorities have arrested a man they believe was the gunman.

Authorities say six women, including current and former guards, have been charged in a scheme to smuggle tobacco, drugs and other contraband into a Florida prison.

Florida law enforcement agencies are trying to keep kids safe while trick-or-treating, by making it easy to find sex offenders and predators in your area and through strict instructions for sex offenders on Halloween night.

An inmate at a Florida prison strangled his cellmate, gouged the body’s eyes and then strung the dead inmate’s ear around his neck with a string before breakfast, according to a report.

Federal investigators are looking into allegations of rape, assault, and the smuggling of drugs into a central Florida prison for women.

A Florida Department of Corrections worker was killed in a crash involving a corrections road crew’s truck and another car in Coconut Creek Monday.

Since the #MeToo movement started last fall, local, state and federal employment offices have reported an increase in calls from people filing sexual harassment complaints.

On March 21, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez sent a letter outlining a plan to clean up and close the camp populated by sex offenders, many on probation, attempting to comply with local laws.