Kayle Barrington Bates' execution is taking place at 6 p.m. EDT at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, as he was convicted in 1982 for the murder of Janet Renee White.

When Giovanni Sairras walked out of a Florida prison after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence, he knew reentry was about more than just survival — it was about dignity. That vision led him to found Re-Entry One Inc.

A Florida man was executed for kidnapping and killing a woman he abducted from an insurance office in 1982 in Bay County.

With Alligator Alcatraz running in the Everglades, the governor will turn an underused state prison into a second facility for those awaiting deportation.

Florida's DeSantis unveils new immigration detention center dubbed 'Deportation Depot' to expand deportations.

Mary Pratt says she is still in shock after seeing an image released on Local 10 News that showed her 30-year-old son, Christopher Castro, severely beaten while incarcerated at the Dade Correctional Institution in early April.

Todd and Julie Chrisley served time in Kentucky and Florida prisons for tax evasion and bank fraud. They were pardoned in May 2025 by Donald Trump.

Dubbed the “Deportation Depot,” Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference last week called the vacant Baker prison “ready-made infrastructure.” It once held 1,165 inmates. The governor’s office said the site would hold 1,