Space is running out at the Sarasota County Jail, with it already being the second-most overcrowded jail in Florida. The Sarasota County Sheriff has been calling for a solution for years, but it's now ...

A 14-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to raping and beating a 91-year-old woman in Reddick last year has been sentenced.

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A Randolph County couple is preparing to lay their 9-year-old daughter to rest after she died from flu complications. It’s a pain Mary Edging and her fiancé Jimmy Vernon ...

Stephen Havrilka will spend the rest of his life behind bars for brutally beating housekeeper Tina Strader, who was found ...

“Prison life is very regimented, paternalistic, and monotonous. Everything turns on a system constantly: you will be counted by a guard three times daily. You will be offered three meals per day. You ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

The victim’s bruised and bloodied body was discovered by her wheelchair-bound husband, who went searching for her when a series of text messages went unanswered for nearly an hour.

Florida Policy Institute says lawmakers need to implement findings from statewide report and fix repairs in Florida prisons.

Carlos Henry-Antonio Herrera and Akeleis Dumbar, 25, of Sarasota, were sentenced Friday after being convicted of attempted ...

Jurors didn't find a drug dealer responsible for the deaths of his customers, but prosecutors urged a judge to send him to ...

The inmate was identified in court filings as Mufid Elfgeeh, “one of the first Islamic State group terrorist recruiters ever ...

Aiden Fucci, 18, pleaded guilty in February 2023 to killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey. Officials said his prison move was a ...