Florida Prisons

Under Ricky Dixon's leadership, Florida executed 32 people, most of them last year.

The talks were part of a flurry of meetings as House and Senate leaders try to meet a Tuesday deadline to complete the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Melvin Trotter was found guilty of the fatal stabbing of the woman in Palmetto in 1986.

The U.S. District judge certified a class action on the accommodations issue, which involves access to certain clothing and grooming.

County commissioners voted to explore a plan to demolish just the jail’s west wing and build an eight-story addition in its place. The $401 million project would create 725 beds, lifting operational capacity to 1,237 by 2033

This comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this summer vetoed funding for a pilot program that would have provided air conditioning for some prisons.

The Tristin Murphy Act is named for an inmate who died by suicide in 2021 at a state prison work program while experiencing a mental health episode.

The bill would allow people in Florida’s prisons to use credit hours and coursework toward a license for careers such as cosmetology and plumbing.

Peltier, 80, grew emotional at an events center in Belcourt on the Turtle Mountain reservation. Then-President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s life sentence to home confinement, leading to his release.

Peltier was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the slayings of two FBI agents in 1975. He arrived home in North Dakota after he was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida.

With new restrictions on gender-affirming care, prisons confiscate underwear from transgender inmates and compel them to cut their hair.

Manatee and Pinellas counties did not evacuate jails ahead of the storm. Other jails in Hernando, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties didn’t evacuate, according to WUFT.