LAND O' LAKES - Work has begun on a $20.5 million jail addition in Land O' Lakes. ...more

August 2, 2008

A man tried three times in a 1989 murder-for-hire case is free today because of an agreement that took into account the years he spent in custody during legal maneuvers. ...more

July 30, 2008

The Florida Department of Corrections plans to add 80 beds to the Avon Park Correctional Institute's work camp, a spokeswoman said. ...more

July 29, 2008

Regarding "Florida Prison Chief Offers Good Plan To Stop Cycle Of Recidivism" (Our Opinion, July 23): ...more

July 28, 2008

It's ironic that Florida's prison system is called the Department of Corrections, since there is very little correcting going on. ...more

July 23, 2008

County residents who want to adopt an animal or secure a pet license through Hernando County Animal Services are now going to have to find time during the work week to do it. ...more

July 16, 2008

Budget constraints force decision. ...more

July 15, 2008

Cylinda McKibbin sat quietly at a work table in the corner of the room, carefully swirling a brush into paint colors in a dime-store paint set. ...more

July 9, 2008

What Hillsborough County Jail Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones did last January was an outrage. While searching a partially paralyzed man during booking, she dumped Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair, as casually as if he was a bag of dirty laundry. The Sheriff's Office quickly and rightly charged her with abusing the disabled, a third-degree felony that could bring up to a five-year sentence. ...more

July 8, 2008

Cherylanne Harrelson, 47, said she finds peace of mind in the art room at the Hillsborough County Correctional Institution off County Road 672 in Riverview. ...more

July 8, 2008