Florida inmates were denied eye surgery for years. Some were left blind

Florida inmates are approved for the same surgery when their vision tests 20/50 or worse, department standards state. But ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN

Florida to set new record for executions

Mark Allen Geralds is scheduled to be executed Tuesday at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. Florida has led the nation in ...
Orlando Sentinel

Florida man executed for the 1979 killing of a girl, 6, who was abducted from her bedroom

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1979 killing a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom was put to death Thursday evening in a record 16th execution in Florida this year. Bryan ...
Pensacola News Journal

Pensacola surgeon convicted of rape dies in Florida prison

A former Pensacola thoracic surgeon convicted of rape died while serving his prison sentence. According to Florida Department of Corrections records, Francis Herrbold died while serving his eight-year ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Dade Correctional Institution inmate serving life for murder accused of stabbing officer

An inmate serving a life sentence for murder at Dade Correctional Institution attacked and repeatedly stabbed an officer at the prison on Monday, authorities said. Jarvis D. Fortson, 44, is facing new ...