As Florida's confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic rise, the risk of the disease spreading within state prisons and jails is causing officials to rethink how Florida keeps its criminals behind bars.
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Two fatal shootings that took place four days and two blocks apart this week in downtown Gainesville are under investigation.
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Theirs was the first class at the prison to graduate from the State Contracted Electrical Program.
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Councilman-elect, Tyrone E. Oliver, 63, acknowledged that he had been charged with drug felonies in 1986 but said the cases had been "handled."
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The state is now “awaiting official notification of the Memorandum of Agreement from ICE,” the Florida Department of Corrections confirmed to The News Service of Florida on Friday.
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Twenty-two employers offering a wide variety of jobs were at the event.
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After originally pursuing a trial by jury, the defendant has pleaded guilty to second-degree grand theft.
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People traveled from hours across Florida to symbolically speak out against a recent prison attack.
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The office of Gov. Ron DeSantis says 57-year-old Gary Ray Bowles was pronounced dead at 10:58 p.m. Thursday after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke.
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