(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caroline Light, Harvard University (THE CONVERSATION) Twenty years ago, Florida Gov.

Several of Pat Bryant’s friends from back home in Jacksonville are in jail. Others are dead. The Broncos rookie is driven to honor them all.

• Indian River County Sheriff’s Deputy Terri Mashkow was shot and killed Friday while serving an eviction notice to a 37-year-old man who opened fire "indiscriminately." • Another deputy was wounded ...

Over the last decade, thousands of people incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections have reported excessive force ...

A corrections officer died after being attacked by an inmate Monday morning, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. The attack happened around 7:53 a.m. at the River North Correctional ...

REOPENED. TWO LOCAL CORRECTIONS OFFICERS ARE FACING CHARGES, ACCUSED OF BEATING AN INMATE AND COVERING IT UP. AS WESH TWO INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG FOX EXPLAINS, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED INSIDE THE ...

GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A corrections officer has died following a reported “violent attack” by an inmate at River North Correctional Center in Grayson County. The “violent attack” by an inmate ...

• Virginia corrections officer Jeremy Lewis Hall died after an inmate attack Monday at River North Correctional Center in Independence, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. • Two other ...

BREAKING NEWS AT FOUR A PRISON CORRECTIONS OFFICER IS DEAD. ANOTHER IS IN A HOSPITAL AFTER AN INMATE ATTACKED THEM. IT HAPPENED AT RIVER NORTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN INDEPENDENCE. NOW INDEPENDENCE ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Corrections announced a $1,000 hiring bonus on Monday for those who choose to become state correctional officers at select locations statewide.