Family members of prisoners and representatives of community organizations advocating for prisoners’ rights assembled in front of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) public visitors entrance Thursday morning to protest recent cancellations of weekend visitations at several state institutions.
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The prison population in the United States continues to grow, and with it grows the number of former offenders seeking to repent their past mistakes.
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An initial estimate from Moody's Analytics on Monday projected property destruction from Irma between $64 billion and $92 billion.
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Florida was approved Sunday for federal disaster relief as the powerful, wide and deadly Hurricane Irma made its second landfall of the day.
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As massive Hurricane Irma battered Florida on a path up the Gulf Coast, Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday advised residents against rushing out once the storm appears to have passed.
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On Thursday Mark Asay was sentenced to death for the 1987 murders of two Jacksonville men, after nearly 30 years of waiting on death row. His case sparked controversy, as some of its circumstances were debated for decades.
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Thursday's planned execution of Mark Asay will be Florida's first since the U.S. Supreme Court halted the practice in the state more than 18 months ago. Asay was convicted of two racially motivated, premeditated murders in Jacksonville in 1987.
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The state budget the legislature passed this week could accomplish something Florida hasn't seen in more than 10 years — a pay raise specifically for correctional officers.
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An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter attended occasionally.
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The sheriff’s office will be monitoring the homes of the roughly 400 sexual offenders and sexual predators in Alachua County tonight to make sure they follow special Halloween restrictions.
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