As a federal judge weighs whether to temporarily shut down Alligator Alcatraz, the DeSantis administration is making plans to turn a vacant North Florida prison into an immigration detention center for more than 1,

Ghislaine Maxwell's move came after she spent two days spilling what she knew about Epstein's sex crimes to Justice Department officials

A Florida Department of Corrections spokesperson confirms that the FDC is testing out a portable AC unit at Lowell Correctional Institution near Ocala, the state's largest women's prison.

Todd and Julie Chrisley served time in Kentucky and Florida prisons for tax evasion and bank fraud. They were pardoned in May 2025 by Donald Trump.

Florida has one of the largest prison populations in the U.S. As of 2016, there were 99,000 people incarcerated in the state. The number peaked in 2011 with roughly 102,300 people in prison.

State Attorney Dennis Ward announced that Stephen Salyer, 57, was sentenced to 22 years in Florida prison, followed by eight years of sex offender probation, for violating the terms of […]

"Beautiful Girls" singer Sean Kingston and mom Janice Turner had been found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.

A Michigan man who fled to Florida is headed to prison for sexual assault of a minor, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office reports. Alex New, 55, a Branch County resident, was recently extradited from Florida to face charges and has been sentenced to serve at least 58 years incarceration.