TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Several local state prisons are eligible for a new $1,000 hiring bonus offered by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), according to a press release. Of Florida’s ...

The Florida Department of Corrections is expanding its recruitment incentives by offering a $1,000 hiring bonus to eligible correctional officers at 10 correctional institutions across the state.

The Florida Department of Corrections is facing a years-long staffing shortage, which experts say can lead to increased prison violence. A review of mortality data found that prisons with the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This combo from photos provided by Florida Department of Corrections shows from left, James Aren Duckett and Dominick Anthony ...

Fifty years after the 1976 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Anthia "Jill" Piper, 16, Florida executed Harold Gene Lucas, 74, on ...

Over 4,000 inmates have died in Florida's corrections system in the last decade, with most deaths attributed to natural causes. Inmates are more likely to die from treatable illnesses like pneumonia, ...