The prisons - which haven't been used for several years - account for 96 acres and over 96,000 square feet. There are more than seven buildings and a chapel.

A 16-year prison sentence was secured on Tuesday for a child predator from Central Florida who was found guilty of possessing and soliciting child pornography.

These included traveling to Las Vegas and Central Florida without permission, failing to take and pass drug tests, and lying ...

Donald Trump's return to the white house is giving new hope to people who stormed the capitol almost four years ago. A ...

Apologetic rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in prison by a federal judge who said repeated violations ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - A federal jury has convicted Damion Clarke, 33, of Lakeland, for his role in a Jamaican drug trafficking ...

Jobs will soon be returning to Gulf County. The Florida Department of Corrections has decided to re-open the Gulf ...

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Sheila Keen-Warren served about 16 months after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 1990 shooting of Marlene Warren in Wellington, Fla.

Desmond Meade was recalling to a church congregation in Apopka, Florida, earlier this month a dark time in his life. “Not too ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married was released from prison Saturday, ending a case that has been ...