/tags/florida-prisons Florida Prisons en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-03-07/national-guard-florida-prisons Three-hundred troops were deployed into the prison system in late 2022 to address chronic staff shortages. Most of them are still there, leading some to question if they will ever leave. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-03-07/national-guard-florida-prisons Daniel Rivero /education/2024-08-08/pages-of-hope-how-book-donations-make-a-difference-in-prisoners-lives On the first and third Tuesday of every month, dozens of volunteers for Gainesville Books to Prisoners gather at the Civic Media Center to sort, package and mail books to prisoners across Florida. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT /education/2024-08-08/pages-of-hope-how-book-donations-make-a-difference-in-prisoners-lives Bonny Matejowsky /education/2023-01-04/report-florida-prisons-ban-more-than-20-000-publications-behind-bars Among the titles that prison staff deemed were too inflammatory for incarcerated Floridians to read include cook books, French and Arabic language dictionaries, and a guide on how to survive solitary confinement. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT /education/2023-01-04/report-florida-prisons-ban-more-than-20-000-publications-behind-bars Kate Payne /2022-11-18/sundial-now-incarcerated-writers-dont-hold-back-in-a-new-journal-presented-at-the-miami-book-fair A literary journal penned by incarcerated people in Florida is being presented at the Miami Book Fair. Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:13:19 GMT /2022-11-18/sundial-now-incarcerated-writers-dont-hold-back-in-a-new-journal-presented-at-the-miami-book-fair Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /2022-04-12/ramadan-the-importance-of-sexual-assault-nurse-examiners-exchanging-letters-for-change A local Imam joins us to talk about how Ramadan will be different this year. Florida International University is training more sexual assault nurse examiners. How has that program been working out? Plus, a woman who is devoting her life to teaching the art of writing to people who are incarcerated. Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:50:32 GMT /2022-04-12/ramadan-the-importance-of-sexual-assault-nurse-examiners-exchanging-letters-for-change Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz /news/2021-09-24/prison-poet-laureate-speaks-for-floridas-incarcerated As Florida Prison Poet Laureate, Christopher Malec serves as the voice from behind prison walls. Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/2021-09-24/prison-poet-laureate-speaks-for-floridas-incarcerated Cary Barbor /news/2021-09-23/florida-prison-leaders-ask-lawmakers-to-help-overworked-and-underpaid-employees A top corrections official offered a stark picture of Florida’s prison system Wednesday, warning that lawmakers must boost salaries of corrections workers to avert a looming disaster as the system grapples with high turnover rates, dangerously low staffing levels and fatigued employees. Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:51:51 GMT /news/2021-09-23/florida-prison-leaders-ask-lawmakers-to-help-overworked-and-underpaid-employees The News Service of Florida /2021-07-29/covid-in-florida-prisons-haiti-politics-the-daily-and-hemingway-days A new investigation finds alarming spread of COVID-19 in Florida correctional facilities. An update on the investigation into the assassination of Haiti's President. The NYT Daily podcast comes to SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± and a trip down to Key West for Hemingway Days. Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:41:38 GMT /2021-07-29/covid-in-florida-prisons-haiti-politics-the-daily-and-hemingway-days Chris Remington /2021-04-14/floridas-piney-point-crisis-covid-19-vaccinations-in-prisons-the-anxieties-of-a-post-pandemic-world A catastrophe was averted at Piney Point, but what about all of our other estuaries and waterways? Thousands of prisoners in Florida are finally getting their vaccines. Plus, the isolation we’ve struggled with over the past year due to the pandemic could have long-term effects. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:21:35 GMT /2021-04-14/floridas-piney-point-crisis-covid-19-vaccinations-in-prisons-the-anxieties-of-a-post-pandemic-world Suria Rimer, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2021-04-14/effort-to-vaccinate-florida-prisoners-not-affected-by-pause-in-j-j-use The state had anticipated a reduction in J&J allocations and is using the two-dose Moderna vaccine instead. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:02:33 GMT /news/2021-04-14/effort-to-vaccinate-florida-prisoners-not-affected-by-pause-in-j-j-use Joe Byrnes