On a scorching 95-degree day in Orlando, a group of prison reform advocates, loved ones, and lawmakers gathered outside of City Hall to get air conditioning in all of Florida's state prisons.
Multiple corrections officers at the Dade Correctional Institution (CI) were arrested and charged with murder Thursday. Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said the charges stem from an inmate assault and murder on Feb. 14.
The American Bar Association announced Wednesday ABC Action News' investigation, Crisis in Corrections, is a finalist for a Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts.
After the ABC I-Team began looking at the Crisis in Corrections in the state; the Florida legislature looked to tackle many of these challenges in this year’s session. With just three weeks left, the I-Team is now taking a look at where things stand on key bills.
As our “Crisis in Corrections” investigation continues, the I-Team has learned that inmates in Florida prisons organized a “sit down” to protest prison conditions.