The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is making several changes in how it runs its jail system, including the creation of crisis intervention teams, additional training in handling inmate grievances and clarifying use of force procedures for detention and patrol deputies. ...more

November 18, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is making several changes in how it runs its jail system, including the creation of crisis intervention teams, additional training in handling inmate grievances and clarifying use of force procedures for detention and patrol deputies. ...more

November 17, 2008

The citizens' panel reviewing Hillsborough County jails is showing the diligence and objectivity necessary to find the truth about an operation whose reputation was tarnished when a jail guard dumped a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair. ...more

May 19, 2008

There is no excuse for the behavior captured on video at the Orient Road Jail: A deputy dumping a man out of his wheelchair as supervisors watch indifferently. ...more

February 14, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Even a tornado can't keep a good jail down. Just 45 days after an EF-1 tornado tore through the central jail complex off Land O' Lakes Boulevard, the final touches were being made Thursday on the newly erected structure, replacing the one destroyed in the early morning hours of Dec. 16. ...more

February 2, 2008

Only 45 days after a tornado ripped apart a temporary Pasco jail annex, Sheriff Bob White and county officials marveled today at how quickly a replacement was erected at the county's main detention center in Land O' Lakes. ...more

February 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Even a tornado can't keep a good jail down. Less than two months after an EF-1 tornado tore through the central jail complex, off Land O' Lakes Boulevard, the final touches were being made Thursday on the newly erected structure, replacing the one destroyed in the early morning hours of Dec. 16. ...more

January 31, 2008

A report released Tuesday on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 16, 2008

A report released today on Florida's growing gang problem suggested lawmakers toughen sentencing guidelines and devote more money to protecting witnesses and anti-gang training for police and prosecutors. ...more

January 15, 2008