As Florida inmate begged for help, guards gassed him to death, suit says
A 27-year-old prisoner who died at Franklin Correctional Institution in 2010 was killed by corrections officers who tortured, gassed and […]
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Florida should follow U.S. lead, shed private prisons
By Paula Dockery The U.S. Department of Justice announced it was ending its use of private prisons. The agency’s Office
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My Life as a Blind Inmate
By Burl Washington as told to Christie Thompson. This article was published in collaboration with Vice. I wasn’t blind when
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Guards Offer Snack Bounty To Beat Up 13-Year-Old Boy In Detention
A juvenile detention center in Fort Lauderdale is under fire for offering food as a reward for beating up a
FJI and JALA File Lawsuit Against Three Apartment Complexes for Failing to Be Wheelchair Accessible
JACKSONVILLE – Disability Rights Florida, Inc., the Protection and Advocacy Agency for the State of Florida, with the assistance of
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Florida prisons a ‘time bomb,’ union delegate tells lawmakers
BY JULIE K. BROWN Calling Florida prisons “a ticking time bomb,” members of the union representing state corrections officers called
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Prisoner: Save money, release older inmates
By Roy A. Burges, Guest Editorial I live in Union Correctional Institution, the oldest prison in Florida with 1,043 inmates
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Why It’s Nearly Impossible for Prisoners to Sue Prisons
June 21, 2007, two guards at a jail in Baltimore assaulted an inmate named Shaidon Blake, a gang leader who
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Madness
Shortly after Harriet Krzykowski began working at the Dade Correctional Institution, in Florida, an inmate whispered to her, “You know