The news story on March 7 regarding the organized theft of baby formula provides an interesting commentary on the cost of crime. ...more

March 11, 2009

Failure to coddle prisoners does not constitute mistreatment. Our prison system should be and can be completely self-supporting. All prisoners should work 48 hours per week in constructive production with their eventual release contingent upon their production. ...more

February 12, 2009

Determining whether one of Hillsborough County's most notorious former landlords will ever go to prison has become a never-ending case, an exasperated federal judge said today. ...more

October 31, 2008

In 1989, Rene Garcia Myles was 22 years old and had nothing to look forward to but a life in federal prison for cocaine and weapons convictions. ...more

August 23, 2008

An inmate's contribution to an FBI probe of prison corruption has earned him his freedom. ...more

August 22, 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

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

An unnamed prison inmate who gave key testimony that led to a conviction in a Manatee County murder - all $3,000 of it - to local charities in the name of the homicide victim. ...more

June 30, 2008

TAMPA An unnamed prison inmate who gave key testimony that led to a conviction in a Manatee County murder case has donated his reward - all $3,000 of it - to local charities in the name of the homicide victim. ...more

June 29, 2008

TAMPA - A 30-year-old Brandon businessman who pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit designer watches and purses was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison. ...more

June 25, 2008